(1) Subject to any lules made in this behalf, every member of the Home Guards shall be required to serve for a period of three years (including the period spent in training) in a legular capacity and shall thereafter be liable to serve in the reserve force of Home Guards constituted under sub-section (2) for a further period of three years:
Provided that it shall be lawful for the Administrator to require any member of the Home Guards to serve in a regular capacity for a period exceeding three years, whenever necessary.
(2) The Administrator may constitute a reserve force of Home Guards consisting of such persons, who have served m a regular capacity as members of the Home Guards, as may be appointed to it by the Administrator;
Provided that a person shall not be appointed to the reserve force of Home Guards if he is discharged under sub-section (4) or removed under section 13.
(3) The provisions of this Regulation shall apply, as far as may be, to a person appointed as a member of the Home Guards.
Period of service and' discharge.
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(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a member of the Home Guards or a person appointed to the reserve force of Home Guards may be discharged 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 fur the said authority to disclose the grounds for such discharge, if in its opinion, such disclosure will not be in the public interest.
(5) An order of discharge under sub-section (4) shall be final.