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Constitution of Home Guards and appointment of Commandant General and Commandants.—(1) The State Government shall constitute 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 and the preservation of public order or tranquility, as may be assigned to them in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder. (2) 1[The State Government may from the list of eligible persons sent by the Committee under sub-section (2B)]1 appoint as many Commandants as it may consider necessary for the proper governance and conduct of the Home Guards and shall specify the areas over which each such Commandant shall have jurisdiction.