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Military branches of the Department of Defence.
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13.—(1) There shall stand established in the Department of Defence three principal military branches, namely—
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(a) the branch of the Chief of Staff, the head of which shall be the Chief of Staff,
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(b) the branch of the Adjutant-General, the head of which shall be the Adjutant-General, and
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(c) the branch of the Quartermaster-General, the head of which shall be the Quartermaster-General.
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(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, there shall be assigned to the Chief of Staff, the Adjutant-General and the Quartermaster-General respectively such duties in connection with the business of the Department of Defence as the Minister may from time to time appoint.
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(3) Each of them, the Chief of Staff, the Adjutant-General and the Quartermaster-General, shall be directly responsible to the Minister for the performance of such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him under subsection (2) of this section.
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(4) The Minister may delegate to the Chief of Staff the co-ordination of the business or of any of the business of the principal military branches of the Department of Defence.
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