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Defence Act, 2002 (Act No. 42 of 2002)

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Regulations for the Reserve Force, 2017

26. Reversion in rank

 

(1) A member may, on his or her request in writing, be permitted, with the approval of the Minister, to revert to a lower rank: Provided that no member may revert to a lower rank if it may result in avoidance of disciplinary action against him or her.

 

(2) Despite subregulation (1) and regulation 9(2), the Chief of the Defence Force or an officer designated by him or her for that purpose may approve an application by an other rank who had been appointed as a candidate officer or midshipman to revert to his or her original rank: Provided that such member’s seniority in that rank shall run from the date on which that rank originally became effective and be deemed to have been uninterrupted.