Tamil Nadu Home Guard Act, 1963
No: 3 Dated: Mar, 09 1963
The Tamil Nadu Home Guard Act, 1963
Act 3 of 1963
An Act to provide for the constitution of a Home Guard in the State of Tamil Nadu.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Home Guard Act, 1963.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definition. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "member of the Home Guard" means a person who is appointed as such under section 4;
(b) "Government" means the State Government.
3. Constitution and control of Home Guard. - (1) The Government may constitute a volunteer body called the Home Guard, every member of which shall exercise such powers, discharge such duties and perform such functions, in relation to the maintenance of services essential to the life of the community, the protection of persons, the security of property and the preservation of pubic order, as may be assigned to him by the provision of this Act and the rules made thereunder.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the Government may make rules requiring every member of the Home Guard to-
(a) serve in aid of the police-force and generally to help in the maintenance of the security of the State;
(b) help the public during any emergency including flood, fire or epidemic;
(c) render nursing and first-aid; and
(d) facilitate the maintenance of transport services and the control of traffic and crowds.
(3) Subject to the overall control of the Inspector General of Police, the Home Guard shall function under the control of the Commissioner of Police in the City of Chennai and the Superintendent of Police in a district.
4. Appointment of members of Home Guard. - (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, any person willing to serve as a member of the Home Guard and possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed may be appointed as a member of the Home Guard in such manner and by such authority as may be prescribed.
(2) Every member of the Home Guard shall receive, on his appointment, a certificate in the prescribed form, under the seal of the Commissioner of Police in the City of Chennai and the Superintendent of Police in a district, by virtue of which the member aforesaid shall be vested with the powers, functions and privileges of a member of the Home Guard.
(3) Every member of the Home Guard shall receive such training during such hours and for such period as may be prescribed including training in-
(a) police duties like control of traffic and crowds;
(b) rescue operations, first-aid and fire fighting;
(c) map reading, field craft, wireless operation and use of firearms.
5. Period of service and discharge. - (1) A member of the Home Guard shall be required to serve the Government for such period as may be prescribed, but any such member may be discharged from the Home Guard at any time by such authority on such grounds and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed:
Provided that it shall not be necessary for such authority to disclose the ground of discharge if such authority considers such disclosure to be against the public interest.
(2) The order of discharge under sub-section (1) shall be final.
6. Calling out of Home Guard. - The Commissioner of Police in the City of Chennai and the Superintendent of Police in a district may, by order at any time, call out in the prescribed manner any member of the Home Guard for training or for exercising the powers, discharging the duties and performing the functions assigned to the Home Guard by the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.