Section 2: Constitution of Home Guards and appointment of Commandant General and Commandant.
The Maharashtra Home Guards Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 3 of 1947
Constitution of Home Guards and appointment of [Commandant General and Commandant].-
(1) The [State] Government shall constitute for each of the areas specified in sub-section (3) of section 1 and for each of the areas notified under the said sub-section (3) a volunteer body called the Home Guards, the members of which shall discharge such functions [and duties] in relation to the protection of persons, the security of property and the public safety as may be assigned to them in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.
[(1A) In respect of the Saurashtra area and the Vidarbha region, the Home Guards raised or constituted, immediately before the commencement of the Bombay Home Guards (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1958 (Bom. LXXV of 1958), shall be deemed to be constituted under sub-section(1).]
(2) The [State] Government shall appoint a Commandant of each of the Home Guards constituted under sub-section (1).
[(3) The Government shall also appoint a Commandant General of the Home Guards in whom shall vest the general supervision and control of the Home Guards throughout the [State of Bombay]].
Constitution of Home Guards and appointment of Commandant General and Commandant.
Jurisdiction
State of Maharashtra
Status
In force as published by the source
How this provision has been amended
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
substituted, Bom. 11 of 1950. These words were substituted for the word "Commandant" by Bom. 11 of 1950, s. 2(3).
substituted. This word was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adoption of Laws Order, 1950.
inserted, Bom. 11 of 1950. These words were inserted by Bom. 11 of 1950, s. 2(1).
inserted, Bom. 75 of 1958. This sub-section was inserted by Bom. 75 of 1958, s. 5(1).
substituted. This word was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adoption of Laws Order, 1950.
inserted, Bom. 11 of 1950. This sub-section was inserted by Bom. 11 of 1950, s. 2(2).
substituted, Bom. 75 of 1958. These words were substituted for the words "pre-Reorganisation State of Bombay, excluding transferred territories" by Bom. 75 of 1958, s. 5(2).
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