Section 267: Record of illegal absence

Where a reservist or pensioner fails to appear at the time and place appointed for annual training or where a reservist or pensioner fails to appear when called out to aid the civil power or on permanent service and his absence continues for a period of more than twenty days, an entry of the absence shall be made by an officer in the service books prescribed under this Part of this Act and the entry shall be prima facie evidence of the fact of the absence.