1) The functions and duties of members of the Home Guards shall ordinarily consist of
(a) Guarding of public buildings -12-
(b) Patrolling for the purpose of prevention of crime, and enforcement of such regulations and orders made under the Police Acts in force in the respective areas of the State or any other law for the time being in force as it would be the duty of a Police Officer to enforce under the said Acts or Law;
(c) Assisting the ordinary Police force in enforcing the provisions of the Karnataka Prohibition Act, 1961, when the members of the Home Guards are appointed as Prohibition Officers under the said Act.
(d) Performing such other duties as may be assigned to them from time to time by the State Government or the Commandant General.
2) A member of the Home Guards constituted for any area shall be liable ;-
(a) to serve in any other area of the State;
(b) In any emergency to be called out on duty, at any time and for any period and in any part of the State of Karnataka and
(c) To be required to serve for a period of three years in Home Guards unless he is allowed to resign in accordance with these rules.