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Section 48: Enlistment of village guards in rural areas

The Rajasthan Police Act 2007State Act of Rajasthan · Act 14 of 2007

(1) The District Superintendent of Police may, in the manner prescribed, enlist a person to function as a village guard for a village or group of villages in a Police District under his charge.

(2) Able-bodied persons not below the age of 40 year and above the age of fifty-five years at the time of such enlistment and residing in a village, or in the case of a group of villages in a village of that group, may be enlisted as village guards.

(3) The District Superintendent of Police shall observe the following order of preference in the process of enlistment, namely:-

(a) Ex -Serviceman/ retired paramilitary personnel from Central or State paramilitary force;

(b)Home guard volunteer;

(c) any other local resident of the village possessing minimum educational qualification of having passed Class Eight.

(4) A person shall not be enlisted as a village guard, if-

(a) he has been convicted for an offence involving moral turpitude;

(b) a criminal case has been registered and is pending against him;

(c) he is member of a political party or its affiliate; or

(d) he does not possess such educational qualifications as may be prescribed.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Rajasthan Police Act 2007
Section48
Marginal noteEnlistment of village guards in rural areas
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn 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. Expression "30 years" Substituted by "40 years" by notification dated 06-07-2020
  • substituted. Existing sub-section (3) Substituted by notification dated 06-07-2020

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