The National Service Act may refer to any one of a number of acts enforcing national service or conscription:
- in the United States
- Universal National Service Act
- National Service Act of 2006
- in Australia
- National Service Act 1951
- National Service Act 1964
- in the UK
- National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939
- National Service Act 1948
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