Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957)SchedulesFirst Schedule21. Offences in relation to the acquisition or disposal of public property |
Any person who—
| (a) | without authority sells, barters or otherwise disposes of or lends or pledges any public property or property belonging to any institution or, being aware or suspecting that any other person is without authority selling, bartering or in any other way disposing of or lending or pledging such property, fails to report the facts within his knowledge in that regard to his superior officer without delay; |
| (b) | when it is his duty to acquire by purchase or otherwise any property for the use of the South African Defence Force or any institution, demands, solicits or accepts contrary to his duty any commission, fee, reward or personal advantage in respect of such acquisition; |
| (c) | having acquired property which it was his duty to acquire by purchase or otherwise for the use of the South African Defence Force or any institution, fails or neglects to cause such property to be delivered to an appropriate place or store; or |
| (d) | agrees to pay or connives at the payment of any exorbitant price for any property purchased for the use of the South African Defence Force or any institution, |
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years.