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

70ter. Withdrawal of decision of exemption board

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(1)A board appointed under section 68 which has granted an application for deferment of or exemption from service or of allotment to the commandos in terms of section 70bis may, if it is satisfied that the facts upon which such decision is founded have changed, after having afforded the person who made the application and the person to whom that decision relates an opportunity of being heard,  withdraw or amend that decision with effect from a date determined by the board.

 

(2)If a decision withdrawn in terms of subsection (1) relates to the allotment of a person to the commandos, such person shall, with effect from the date determined under subsection (1), be deemed to have been allotted to the Citizen Force: Provided that service rendered by such person in a commando shall for the purposes of the application of the provisions of this Act relating to liability to serve in the Citizen Force be regarded, in accordance with the regulations, as service rendered in the Citizen Force.

 

[Section 70ter inserted by section 28 of Act No. 103 of 1982]