Section 11: Attachment of personnel

(1) The appropriate authority-
(a) may attach temporarily to the army, the navy or the air force any member of the forces of a country to which this section applies; or
(b) subject to anything to the contrary in the conditions applicable to his service, may place any member of any of the Nigerian forces at the disposal of the service authorities of a country to which this section applies for the purpose of his being attached temporarily by those authorities to any of the forces of that country.
(2) Where a member of the forces of a country to which this section applies is by virtue of the foregoing subsection attached temporarily to the army, the navy or the air force (in this subsection referred to as "the relevant Nigerian force") he shall, during the period of attachment, be subject to the appropriate service Act in like manner as if he were a member of the relevant Nigerian force of corresponding rank, and accordingly he shall be so treated and shall have the like powers of command and punishment over members of the relevant Nigerian force:
Provided that if the Minister by order made under this subsection so directs in his case or in the case of any class of persons of which he is a member, the appropriate service Act shall, in its application to a person by virtue of this subsection, have effect subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order.
(3) Where the army, the navy or the air force (in this subsection referred to as "the relevant Nigerian force") and a force of a country to which this section applies (in this subsection referred to as "the other force") are serving together, whether alone or not-
(a) every member of the other force shall be treated, and shall have over members of the relevant Nigerian force, the like powers of command and punishment as if he were a member of the relevant Nigerian force of corresponding rank; and
(b) if the forces are acting in combination, any officer of the other force appointed by the appropriate authority, or in accordance with regulations made by the appropriate authority, to command the combined force or any part thereof, shall have over members of the relevant Nigerian force the like powers of command and punishment and may be invested with the like authority to convene, and confirm the findings and sentences of, courts-martial as if he were an officer of the relevant Nigerian force of corresponding rank holding the same command.
(4) For the purposes of this section-
(a) the army, the navy or the air force shall be taken to be serving together with or acting in combination with a force of a country to which this section applies if and only if it is declared by order of the appropriate authority to be so serving or so acting;
(b) the rank in the army, navy or air force corresponding to that of a member of the forces of a country to which this section applies shall be such as may be prescribed by regulations made by the appropriate authority, and references in this section to the corresponding rank shall be construed accordingly.
(5) In this section-
(a) "the army", "the navy" and "the air force" mean respectively the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force;
(b) "the appropriate authority" means the Nigerian Army Council, the Navy Board or the Nigerian Air Council, and "the appropriate service Act" means the Armed Forces Act.