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

Chapter XI : Discipline, Legal Procedure and Offences

116. Unauthorised use of decorations
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(1)Any person who—
(a)wears or uses any military decoration or the distinctive ribbon thereof; or
(b)represents himself to be a person who is or has been entitled to wear or use any such decoration or ribbon,

shall be guilty of an offence, unless he is a person to whom such decoration has been awarded or he has been authorized by competent authority to wear or use such decoration or ribbon.

 

(2)Any person who for gain supplies or offers to supply any military decoration, or the distinctive ribbon thereof, to a person who is not entitled to wear or use such decoration or ribbon, or who is not authorized to acquire such decoration or ribbon, shall be guilty of an offence.

 

(3)For the purposes of this section, 'military decoration' means any order, decoration, medal, bar or clasp instituted by Her Majesty or by the State President which has been or may be awarded to members of the South African Defence Force and includes, in time of war, any order, decoration, medal, bar or clasp of a force of any country which during such war is allied to the Republic, and any other decoration, medal, emblem, badge or wound stripe which the State President has by proclamation in the Gazette declared to be a military decoration, but shall not include a regimental badge or any brooch or ornament containing or representing such badge.