Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
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Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957) Chapter XII : Visiting and Other Forces131. Attachment of personnel |
| (1) | The Minister may— |
| (a) | attach temporarily to the South African Defence Force any member of a force or of a reserve of any country who is placed at his disposal for that purpose by the military authorities of that country; |
| (b) | subject to anything to the contrary contained in the conditions applicable to his service, place any member of the South African Defence Force at the disposal of the military authorities of any country for the purpose of being attached temporarily by those authorities to the forces of that country. |
| (2) | While a member of a force of any other country is attached temporarily to the South African Defence Force, he shall be subject to the law applying to that portion of the South African Defence Force to which he is attached and shall be treated and shall have the same power of command and punishment over members of the South African Defence Force as if he were a member of that Force of a rank equivalent to that held by him as a member of the force of such country: Provided that the State President may, by proclamation in the Gazette, direct that in relation to members of a force of any country specified in the proclamation, the laws relating to the South African Defence Force shall apply with such exceptions and subject to such adaptations and modifications as may be so specified. |
