Punishment for non-attendance

(1) Any member of the reserve who, without leave lawfully granted or other reasonable excuse, fails to appear at the time 88 and place specified in any notice under section 134 (2) shall be guilty, according to the circumstances, of desertion within the meaning of section 41 or of absenting himself without leave within the meaning of section 42. (2) Any member of the reserve who commits any offence under this section shall be liable– (a) to be dealt with under the provisions of Part IV and on conviction shall be punishable as for an offence under section 41, or, as the case may be, section 42; or (b) to be tried summarily by a magistrates’ court and on conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and term of (3) Section 71 shall apply to members of the reserve who commit an offence against this section as it applies to persons otherwise subject to military law. (4) Where a member of the reserve fails to appear at the time and place specified in any notice under section 134 (2), and his absence continues for not less than twenty-one days, an entry of such absence shall be made by an officer in the service books and such an entry shall be prima facie evidence of the fact of such absence.