No person shall be appointed as a member of the Home guards:-
(a) Unless he makes a declaration in form “D”
(b) Unless he makes and subscribes in the presence of the Commandant or Officer Authorised by him a pledge in form ‘B’
(c) Unless he has attained the age of twenty years and he has not completed the age of fifty years;
(d) Unless he has passed at least the fourth standard examination in any language : and
(e) Unless he has been medically examined in accordance with the directions of the Commandant General and is in the opinion of the Commandant Physically fit”
Provided that the State Government may by order published in the official Gazette direct that in repeat of any area the conditions regarding the age and the educational qualification for appointment in a member of the Home Guards shall be such as it may specify in such order.