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

(1) The Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute for each district 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 public safety and the maintenance of essential services as may be assigned to them in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder. (2) The administration of Home Guards constituted under sub-section (1) (3) The general supervision and control of Home Guards throughout the State shall vest in the Commandant General who shall be appointed by the Government and in any such Additional Commandants General/Divisional/ Deputy Commandants General or Assistant Commandants General as the Government may deem fit to appoint. (4) The Home Guards constituted for different districts in the State shall, for the purposes of this Act, be a single force and the members thereof shall be formally enrolled, and such Force shall consist of such number of officers and men, and their qualifications and conditions of training and service shall be such as may be prescribed.