(1) Every person shall on appointment to the Fire Force, receive a certificate in the prescribed form under seal of the Director/Chief Fire Officer authorised in this behalf by the Government and thereupon such person shall have powers, functions and privileges of the members of the Fire Force under this Act.
(2) The certificate referred to in sub-section (1) shall cease to have effect when the person named therein ceases for any reason to be a member of the Fire Force and on his ceasing to be such member, he/she shall forthwith surrender the certificate to any officer empowered to receive the same.
(3) During any time of suspension, the powers, functions, privileges vested in any member of the Fire Force shall be in abeyance but such members shall continue to be subject to the same discipline and penalties as he/she would have been, if he/she had not been suspended.