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

Chapter VIII : Registration and Selection of Persons for Allotment to Citizen Force, Commandos, South African Police or South African Railways Police Force

67. Allotment to Citizen Force and commandos

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(1)The registering officer shall, subject to any decisions of exemption boards, allot—
(a)to the Citizen Force all persons whose names have been selected by ballot in terms of section 66B(1) or whose names are deemed to have been so selected in terms of section 66B(3) and persons to whom deferment of allotment has been granted under section 69(1)(a)(ii) to the year concerned and he shall also provisionally allot to that Force all persons whose names have been selected by ballot to make good any loss as contemplated in the said section 66B(3);
(b)to the commandos persons who have completed the period of service referred to in section 22(3)(a) and in respect of whom an exemption board has, under proviso (iii) to section 70bis(1), directed that they be allotted to the commandos for service in any of the areas referred to in section 66(1):

Provided that any person who is a member of the Police Reserve or a reserve force established in terms of an Act of Parliament in respect of the South African Police or the Department of Correctional Services, shall not be allotted in terms of this subsection.

 

(2)The registering officer shall notify any person who has been classified into a category of conscientious objectors referred to in section 72D(1)(a)(i) or (ii), of the unit where he shall render service and in the manner provided for in section 72E(1) or (2) in respect of the appropriate category of conscientious objectors.

 

(3) Whenever the registering officer has allotted any person under this section, he may for sufficient reasons re-allot the person or cancel the allotment, and upon such cancellation such person shall be deemed not originally to have been so allotted.

 

(4)Every person allotted unconditionally or provisionally under this section to the Citizen Force or the commandos shall be notified by the registering officer of such allotment and, if possible, he shall inform every person so allotted to the Citizen Force or the commandos of the name of the unit or commando and place where he is required to render service, after he has been called up to do so.

 

[Section 67 substituted by section 32 of Act No. 134 of 1993]