Constitution of Home Guards and appointment of Commandant General and Commandant.

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(1) The Administrator shall constitute for the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu a volunteer body called the Home Guards, the members of which shall discharge such functions and duties in relation to the protection of persons, the security of property, the maintenance of essential services and the public safety as may be assigned to them in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made there under : Provided that the Administrator may by notification in the official Gazette divide the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu into two or more areas and constitute such volunteer body for each such area. (1A) * * * * * * * * * (2) The Administrator may appoint a Commandant of each of the Home Guard constituted under sub-section (1). (3) The Administrator shall appoint a Commandant General of the Home Guards in whom shall vest the general supervision and control of the Home Guards throughout the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and until a Commandant is appointed under sub-section (2), the Commandant General may also exercise the powers and perform the functions assigned to the Commandant by or under this Act.

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