The committee holds the view that the proposed amendment is a substantive amendment that requires permission from the National Assembly as well as the facilitation of public participation. This view informed by recent court rulings. The Supreme Court of Appeal in the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans vs Mamasedi 2017 found that the section 103 enquiry does not automatically follow section 59(3) which allows for termination of service by operation of law after 10 calendar days.