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Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957)

Chapter IX : Administration and General Powers of the State President, the Minister and Officers

77. Military training institutions

 

 

(1) The Minister may establish and designate military training institutions for the purpose of providing training and instruction for members of the South African Defence Force.

[Subsection (1) amended by section 7 of Act No. 28 of 1970]

 

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the appointment of the staff of a military training institution, the duration and description of the courses of instruction and training therein, the conditions of admission thereto of students (including the admission as students of members of other forces, bodies, institutions or departments of State), the conditions of future service required from graduates of or persons who have completed their courses or training at the institution or from students who have not completed their courses or training and all matters relating to the management, control and good government of any such institution shall be as determined by the Chief of the South African Defence Force or an officer designated by him for that purpose.

[Subsection (2) substituted by section 36(a) of Act No. 134 of 1993]

 

(3) All students referred to in subsection (2) under instruction at a military training institution shall be subject to the Military Discipline Code, and for that purpose and for the purpose of jurisdiction, arraignment and punishment—
(a) a student who is a member of another force, shall be deemed to hold the rank which he holds in that force; and
(b) any other person who is not a member of the South African Defence Force, shall be deemed to hold the equivalent of a rank in the South African Defence Force which the Chief of the South African Defence Force determines, whereafter he shall, for the purposes of this subsection, be deemed to hold such a military rank.

[Subsection (3) substituted by section 36(b) of Act No. 134 of 1993]

 

(4) Any institution established prior to the commencement of this Act for the purpose of providing military training or instruction, whether under a law hereby repealed or otherwise, shall be deemed to have been duly established under this Act.