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

The National Reserve shall consist of all citizens mentioned in section 3(1)(b) who are not members of any of the forces constituting the South African Defence Force or of the Controlled Reserve, and shall include all persons domiciled in the Republic who are citizens of any country specified by the State President by proclamation in the Gazette: Provided that no person shall be required to serve in the said Reserve beyond his sixty-fifth year.

[Section 49 substituted by section 21 of Act No. 134 of 1993]