(a) | being a member of any portion of the South African Defence Force and not having been regularly discharged therefrom, enrols in any other portion of that Force; |
(b) | having been discharged with disgrace from the South African Defence Force or from a military, naval or air force of any country, enrols in the South African Defence Force without disclosing such discharge with disgrace at the time or enrolment; or |
(c) | wilfully gives a false answer to any question set forth on any enrolment or enlistment paper, |
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year.
(2) | For the purposes of this section, the expression 'discharged with disgrace' means cashiered, discharged with ignominy, dismissed because of misconduct or discharged on account of imprisonment. |
(3) | Any person who, having given a false answer to any question set forth on an enlistment or enrolment paper, is thereupon enrolled as a member of the South African Defence Force, shall be deemed to have been subject to this Code at the date upon which such false answer was given. |