Defence Act, 2002 (Act No. 42 of 2002)Chapter 3 : Employment and use of Defence Force19. Employment in co-operation with South African Police Service |
| 1) | The Defence Force may be employed in co-operation with the South African Police Service in terms of section 201(2)(a) of the Constitution in the prevention and combating of crime and maintenance and preservation of law and order within the Republic. |
| 2) | If the employment of the Defence Force in co-operation with the South African Police Service is authorised as contemplated in subsection (1), the Minister must give notice of such employment by notice in the Gazette within 24 hours of the commencement of such employment and, upon such employment being discontinued, within 24 hours of such discontinuation give notice of the discontinuation by notice in the Gazette. |
| 3) | Service in co-operation with the South African Police Service— |
| a) | may only be performed in such area or at such place as the President may order at the request of the Minister and the Minister of Safety and Security; |
| b) | must be discontinued in such area or at such place as the President may order at the request of the Minister and the Minister of Safety and Security or when the President deems it expedient for any other reason; and |
| c) | must be performed in accordance with- |
| i) | a code of conduct and operational procedures approved by the Minister; |
| ii) | such guidelines regarding- |
| aa) | co-operation between the Defence Force and the South African Police Service; and |
| ab) | co-ordination of command over and control of members of the Defence Force and the South African Police Service, as the Chief of the Defence Force and the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service may determine. |