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

Any person who beyond the borders of the Republic commits or omits to do any act in circumstances under which he would, if he had committed or omitted to do that act in the Republic, have been guilty of a civil offence, shall be guilty of an offence under this Code and liable on conviction to any penalty which could under section twelve of the Military Discipline Supplementary Measures Act, 1999, be imposed by a military court in respect of such offence: Provided that no such penalty of such a nature that it could, if the offence in question had been committed within the Republic, have been imposed by any competent civil court, shall exceed the maximum penalty that could be imposed in respect of such offence by that civil court.

[Section 47 amended by section 43(b) of Act No. 16 of 1999]