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Section 9: Eligibility for appointment or enrolment.

The Navy Act, 1957Central Act · Act 62 of 1957

(1) No person who is not a citizen of India shall be eligible for appointment or enrolment in the Indian Navy or the Indian Naval Reserve Forces except with the consent of the Central Government.

Provided that nothing in this section shall render a person ineligible for appointment or enrolment in the Indian Navy or the Indian Naval Reserve Forces on the ground that he is a subject of Nepal.

(2) No woman shall be eligible for appointment or enrolment in the Indian Navy or the Indian Naval Reserve Forces except in such department, branch or other body forming part thereof or attached thereto and subject to such conditions as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Navy Act, 1957
Section9
Marginal noteEligibility for appointment or enrolment.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it2

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