Implementation of Geneva Conventions Act, 2012
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Defence Act, 2002 (Act No. 42 of 2002)Chapter 15 : Co-operation with other forces and forces visiting Republic95. Command over members serving under control of international body |
Whenever the service contemplated in section 93 entails members of the Defence Force and any military force under the control of an international body—
| a) | serving together, every member of that military force must be treated, and has powers of command over those members of the Defence Force, as if he or she were a member of the Defence Force of the relative rank; and |
| b) | acting in combination, every officer of that military force appointed to command the combined forces or any portion thereof, must be treated, and has powers of command and punishment over those members of the Defence Force, as if he or she were an officer of the Defence Force of the relative rank. |
