The Jharkhand Home Guards (Amendment) Act, 2016

(1) This Act may be called the Jharkhand Home Guards (Amendment) Act, 2016. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Jharkhand. (3) It shall come into force from the date of Notification in the official Gazette.

The section 8(1) of the Jharkhand Home Guards Act, 2005 [Jharkhand Act 03, 2006 as amended by the Jharkhand Home Guards (amendment) Act 2012] will be substituted as follows:- Subject to any rules made in this behalf all Home Guard shall be required to serve the State Government for a period of four years (including the period spent in training) and shall be liable to be called out during that time but not beyond the age of 60 (Sixty) years.