"military service"

includes—

(a)naval, air or military service or training being performed or undergone by a member in terms of the Defence Act;
(b)military service or training performed or undergone by any person in a political organisation as defined in section 31 of the Special Pensions Act, 1996 (Act No. 69 of 1996).

[Definition substituted by section 8 of Act No. 21 of 2003 (Notice No. 1404, GG 25542, dated 7 October 2003)]