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( 1 ) A member of the Home Guards when called out under section 4 shall have the same powers, privileges and protection as an officer of police appointed under any Act for the time being in force. ( 2 ) No prosecution shall be instituted against a member of the Home Guards in respect of anything done or purporting to be done by him in the discharge of his functions 1 [or duties] as such member, except with the previous sanction of the Commissioner of Police, Bombay, in Greater Bombay, and of the District Magistrate, elsewhere.