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Short title, collective citation and construction. 
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17.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Defence (Amendment) Act, 1987. 
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(2) The Defence Acts, 1954 to 1979, and this Act may be cited together as the Defence Acts, 1954 to 1987, and shall be construed together as one Act. 
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