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

Chapter X : Provisions Applicable in time of War or in connection with the Combating of Terrorism or in connection with an Armed Conflict outside the Republic or in connection with Internal Disorder or other Emergency

96. Release and discharge from service

 

 

(1) Any person called out for service in terms of section ninety-one or subsection (1) of section ninety-two, may be held to that service until such time as the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that the portion of the South African Defence Force with which he is serving is released from that service.

[Subsection (1) amended by sections 9 and 10 of Act No. 51 of 1991]

 

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, and notwithstanding the expiration of the period of any enrolment or compulsory service, no member of the South African Defence Force employed on service in defence of the Republic or in the prevention or suppression of terrorism or in the prevention or suppression of internal disorder in the Republic or in the preservation of life, health or property or in the maintenance of essential services, shall be entitled to obtain his release or discharge from that Force during the continuance of such service.

[Subsection (2) substituted by section 45 of Act No. 87 of 1984]