(a) General rule.-- Members of the General Assembly, the judiciary and such other persons as the Governor by executive order may decree shall be exempt from militia duty. (b) Exemption for religious belief.-- All persons who because of religious belief shall claim exemption from militia service, if the conscientious holding of such belief for such person shall be established under the regulations prescribed by the Governor, shall be exempted from militia service in a combatant capacity, but no person so exempted shall be exempt from militia service in any capacity that the Governor shall declare to be noncombatant. (c) Volunteers.-- This section shall not be construed to prevent any person exempted from voluntarily enlisting or accepting a commission in the Pennsylvania military forces. CHAPTER 23 PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD Sec. 2301. Appointment of commissioned officers. 2302. Appointment of warrant officers. 2303. Oath of commissioned and warrant officers. 2304. Compensation of military officers in service to the Commonwealth. 2305. Promotion of commissioned and warrant officers. 2306. Powers of commissioned, warrant and noncommissioned officers. 2307. Uniforms of commissioned officers. 2308. Term of commissioned and warrant officers. 2309. Discharge and removal of commissioned and warrant officers. 2310. Holding officers as supernumerary pending settlement. 2311. Enlistment of enlisted personnel. 2312. Discharge of enlisted personnel. 2313. Retired Pennsylvania National Guard personnel. 2314. Status when called into temporary Federal service. 2315. Status when ordered into active Federal service. 2316. Transfer of unaccepted personnel to Pennsylvania Guard. 2317. Temporary commander of unit.
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