To provide for the payment of pensions and gratuities to or in respect of certain persons in respect of disablement caused or aggravated by military service; for the medical treatment of such persons; and for, the consolidation of benefits which are paid in terms of the Special War Pensions Act, 1962, the War Pensions Act, 1967, and section 15(1) of the Pension Laws Amendment Act, 1968; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

(Afrikaans text signed by the State President)

(Assented to 18 June 1976)

BE IT ENACTED by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—