commencement; time limitations

commencement; time limitations Sec. 212. (a) No eligible veteran shall be entitled to initiate a program of education or training under this title after August 20, 1954, or after two years after his discharge or release from active service, whichever is later. (b) The program of education and training of an eligible veteran under this title shall, on and after the delimiting date for the veteran to initiate his program, be pursued continuously until completion except that an eligible veteran may suspend the pursuit of his program for periods of not more than 12 consecutive months, and may suspend the pursuit of such program for longer periods if the Administrator finds that the suspension for each such period was due to conditions beyond the control of the eligible veteran. 66 Stat. 665 (c) In the event an eligible veteran returns to active service in the Armed Forces during the basic service period, his date of discharge or release shall, for the purposes of this section and section 213, He the date of his discharge or release from his last period of active service which began during the basic service period.