Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957)Chapter IV : The Citizen Force22. Service in Citizen Force |
(1)
| (a) | Any person referred to in section 21 shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be liable to render such service as the Minister or any person acting under his authority may, within the limits laid down in this section, determine and as he may be called up to render. |
| (b) | A determination and call-up in terms of paragraph (a) may be made in respect of a particular person or a category, class or group of persons. |
[Subsection (1) substituted by section 5(a) of Act No. 132 of 1992]
| (2) | No person liable to serve in the Citizen Force in terms of section 21 shall be liable to render service in that Force before he is in his eighteenth year. |
| (3) | A person liable to serve in the Citizen Force in terms of section 21 shall subject to section 146(3) render service which shall be completed in— |
| (a) | a first period of service not exceeding 12 months; |
| (b) | subsequent periods of service during eight years being the remainder of the period of nine years referred to in section 21(1) which shall not exceed in the aggregate 30 days per year. |
[Subsection (3) substituted by section 9(a) of Act No. 134 of 1993]
| (4) | Service performed in terms of section 92ter (2) shall, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3), for the purpose of this section be regarded as service. |
[Subsection (4) substituted by section 5(c) of Act No. 103 of 1982]
| (5) | [Subsection (5) deleted by section 5(d) of Act No. 103 of 1982] |
| (6) | For the purpose of reckoning service in terms of this section— |
| (a) | a period of service lasting eight hours; or |
| (b) | two periods of service each lasting four hours; or |
| (c) | three periods of service each lasting three hours; or |
| (d) | six periods of service each lasting one hour and a half, shall be deemed to be equivalent to one day's service. |
[Subsection (6) amended by section 5(e) of Act No. 103 of 1982]
| (6A) | [Subsection (6A) deleted by section 1(c) of Act No. 68 of 1977] |
| (7) | [Subsection (7) deleted by section 1(c) of Act No. 68 of 1977] |
| (8) | The time occupied in travelling to or from any place where service is to be rendered, shall not, for the purpose of this section, be reckoned as part of any period of service. |
| (9) | Service rendered or training undergone by any person in the Permanent Force, the commandos, the South African Police, the South African Railways Police Force before the commencement of the Transfer of the South African Railways Police Force to the South African Police Act, 1986 (Act 83 of 1986), the former Prisons Service, the Department of Correctional Services or the Citizen Force before the commencement of the Defence Second Amendment Act, 1993, or any other service or training which the Minister may deem suitable, shall be regarded as service in the Citizen Force for the purpose of this section to such extent as the Minister or any person acting under his authority may determine in respect of the first-mentioned person or in respect of the category or class of persons to which he belongs. |
[Subsection (9) substituted by section 9(b) of Act No. 134 of 1993]
| (10) | [Subsection (10) deleted by section 5(g) of Act No. 103 of 1982] |
[Section 22 substituted by section 12 of Act No. 85 of 1967]