President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian today signed the law on making supplements to the Law on Military Service and Status of Serviceman.

These supplements envisage maintaining the official rate for servicemen in captivity and making the payment as prescribed by the order of the head of the authorized state body only when after an official investigation into the captivity of the particular serviceman it is substantiated that being in captivity is not a result of leaving the military unit or place of service or the battlefield voluntarily and/or submitting as a captive voluntarily, or if there are no criminal proceedings instituted under the elements of Article 382 of the Criminal Code of Armenia.