The Telangana Home Guards Act, 1948.
telangana · 1948
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- S. 1(1) This Act may be called, 2[the Telangana Home Guards Act, 1948]
- S. 2Defines "Home Guard" and "prescribed" for the Telangana Home Guards Act, 1948.
- S. 3Section 3 establishes volunteer Home Guards for specified areas, assigning them duties for protection, security, and public order, and allows the State to appoint officers to manage them.
- S. 4Section 4 outlines the appointment, certification, and disciplinary procedures for Home Guards in Telangana.
- S. 5Section 5 allows the Commissioner of Police and District Superintendent of Police to call out Home Guards for training or duties.
- S. 6Section 6 outlines the calling out, powers, privileges, and protections for Telangana Home Guards.
- S. 7Substituted by G
- S. 8Section 8 of the Telangana Home Guards Act, 1948, designates Home Guards as public servants under the Indian Penal Code.
- S. 9Section 9 penalizes Home Guards for disobeying orders or neglecting duties, with prosecution requiring state government sanction.
- S. 10Section 10 allows the State Government to make rules for implementing the Telangana Home Guards Act.
- S. 11Section 11 deems Home Guards performing their duties under the Act as public servants under the Indian Penal Code.
- S. 12[Repealed by section 2 of, and the First Schedule to the Madras Act XI of 1952