No person shall be enrolled in the Permanent Force unless he is a citizen and, except where the Minister or any person acting under his authority otherwise directs, has passed in both official languages of the Republic in the examination which he is in terms of the conditions prescribed under section 9(2) required to pass as a condition precedent to enrolment in terms of that section: Provided that the Minister or any person acting under his authority may authorize the enrolment in such Force of any person in a temporary capacity, but not for a period exceeding three years at any one time in the case of a person who is not a citizen.

[Section 10 amended by section 4 of Act No. 87 of 1984]