[3. Appointment of members. ––(1) Subject to the approval of the Commandant General, the Commandant may appoint as member of the Home Guards such number of persons who are fit and willing to serve, as may from time to time be determined by the [Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] and may appoint any such person to any office or command in the Home Guard.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) the Commandant General may subject to the approval of the [Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] appoint any such member to any post under his immediate control.
(3) Subject to any rule made in this behalf, a Home Guard shall be required to serve as such for a period of [six years] including the period spent in training which period may be extended by the [Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] to such further period as it may consider necessary and a Home Guard shall thereafter serve in the Reserve Force of Home Guard constituted under section 3-A of the Act for a period of three years.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3) the Commandant General or Commandant shall have the authority to discharge any Home Guard at any time subject to such conditions as may be prescribed if in his opinion the services of such Home Guard are no longer required].