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(1) (d) Village visit by Station HouseOfficerand supewis0ry officer (2) 26 Enllstment of Village Guard and Selection Criteria village Guard to be public Servant Training of Village Guard area and to ioteract with as many local residents as possible so as to assess lhe level oi public satislaction with the police, (3) The Station House Ollicer shallcause lo be mainiained a Village Begiste., enteringlherein majorcrimes incidents or potential for crime in a village or town area based interalia on the reporlof the Beat Officer, his information and that ol his superior otlicers. Village-Police SYstem The Stale Government may by notification provide forthe establishmentof a Village Guard for a vilLage or cluster of villages to be enlisted by the Distrjct Superintendenl of Policefrom amongst able'bodied persons of eiiher gender, betlveenthe age of 21 and 60 years and with unimpeachable characler and antecedents who are permanent residents ofihat village, possessing the ability lo read and write in the local language, who have not been convicled by a Court ol lav/ or have not had charges frarned againstthem by a Co!rt of law in a criminal case, or dismissed, removed, discharged or comPulsorily retired kom anyemploymenton grounds oJcorruption, moral turpiiude or misconduct, and who are aol active members of any politicalparty, ororganization alled to a political party or a militant outlil. A person enlisted as Village Guard will normally have a tenure oi ihree years, which may be renelved upon satisfactory pedorrnance. No renewal shall, howeverbe grantedto a person aJterhecrosses the age ot sixty years orwho has servsd foa three consecuiive terms or who incurs any other condilion of ineligibility specilied in the roregoing soction. AVillageGuard shallbe removed lromthe assignment at any time during the cufiency of his enlistment if he incurs any condition ol ineligibilily stipulated in Section 71. The Village Guard shall be a public servant as defined in lhe lndian Penal Code, 1860. The Superintendeni of Police shall ensure that every person, on hls induction as a Viilage Guard, is admini6tered a training course ofaduration and as per the syllabus prescribed bythe Director General ol Police. Periodical retresher training shallalso be organized forthose who are re-enlisied as Village Guard, for each renewedlerm. Every person enlisted as Village Gsard shalllake an oath or affirrnation, as prescribed beforetho Station House Officer concerned. Each Village Guard will be provided with an identificalioo Badge and a reasonable monthly honorarlum and due out-of-pockel expenses as prescribed by the Districl Superinlendent of Police. The honorarium so tixed shall not be less than thal paid to a Home Guard in the State