Appointment of Bhumi Sainiks

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and to the rules made thereunder any person willing to serve as a Bhumi Sainik and possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed may be appointed a Bhumi Sainik. (2) The appointment of a Bhumi Sainik shall be made in such manner and by such authority as may be prescribed. (3) (a) Every officer and every man of the Bhumi Sena shall receive on his appointment a certificate in the form annexed to this Act under the seal of the Commandant General in the case of officers and of the Project Commandant in the case of men, by virtue of which the person holding such certificate shall be vested with the powers and privileges of Bhumi Sainik. (b) Such certificate shall cease to have effect whenever the person named in it ceases to be a Bhumi Sainik and on his so ceasing, shall immediately and in any case within 10 days, be surrendered by him to the Commandant General if he is an officer and to the Brigade Commandant in all other cases.