47ASpecial provisions relating to appointment of returned soldiers

##### 47A Special provisions relating to appointment of returned soldiers (1) Where, in relation to any proposed appointments to the Service, an applicant who is a returned soldier and an applicant who is not a returned soldier are placed equal in the order in which, in accordance with a notification under section 33A, appointments to the Service are to be made, the applicant who is a returned soldier shall be preferred for appointment to the other applicant. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, a returned soldier may be appointed to the Service or to any office in the Service, although he is not free from physical defects due to service by virtue of which he is a returned soldier, if the Board is satisfied, after such medical examination as it requires, that the returned soldier is free from such physical defects as would incapacitate him for the efficient discharge of the duties that he would, on appointment, be required to perform.