Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957)SchedulesFirst Schedule131. Maintenance orders |
| (1) | If the General Officer Commanding, South African Defence Force, is satisfied— |
| (a) | that a magistrate's court or a superior court has made an order against a member of the Permanent Force or against any member of the South African Defence Force performing service in defence of the Republic, for the regular payment of a specified amount towards the maintenance of such member's wife or child, he may order that the member concerned be placed under deductions of pay for the amount of the order of court; |
| (b) | that any member of the Permanent Force or any other member of the South African Defence Force performing service in defence of the Republic, is not maintaining or adequately maintaining his wife or child, he may order that the member concerned be placed under deductions of pay for such amount as, in all the circumstances of the case, he considers to be reasonable. |
| (2) | Any amount deducted from a member's pay in pursuance of an order made under subsection (1), shall be paid to the wife of the member concerned or to the legal guardian of the child concerned or to the magistrate of the district in which such wife or guardian resides for distribution to or on behalf of such wife or child as such magistrate may determine. |