(1) Every person who for any reasons is under suspension or ceases to be a member of the Dal, shall forthwith surrender to any officer empowered by general or special order to receive the same, his identity card, the arms, accoutrements, clothing and other articles which have been furnished to him for the performance of duties as a member of the Dal.
(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall mutatis mutandis apply to any superior officer.
(3) The power of empowering any officer shall-
(a) in the case of members of the Dal, be exercised by the Rakshadhikari, and
(b) in the case of superior officers, be exercised by the State Government.
(4) Any person who wilfully neglects or refuses to surrender his identity card, the arms, accoutrements, clothing and other articles furnished to him, as required by sub-section (1) or (2) shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with the fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both.
(5) Any Magistrate and, for special reasons which shall be recorded in writing at the time, the Rakshadhikari, or the Upa-Rakshadhikari, may issue a warrant to search for and seize, wherever they be found, any identity card, arms, accoutrements, clothing or other articles not so surrendered. Every warrant so issued shall be executed in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (II of 1974), by any subordinate officer referred to in clause (a) of section 5 or, if the Magistrate, Rakshadhikari or Upa-Rakshadhikari issuing the warrant so directs, by any other member of the Dal referred to in clause (b) section 5.
(6) Nothing in this section shall apply to any article which, under the orders of the Rakshadhikari, has become the property of the person to whom the same was furnished.