(1) The superintendence of the Home Guards shall vest in and be exercised by the State Government.
(2) The administration of the Home Guards throughout the State shall vest in and be exercised by the Commandant-General except in relation to any local area that may be excluded by notification by the State Government in this behalf, and any officer appointed to administer the Home Guards of any local area so excluded shall exercise in relation to that area the like powers as the Commandant-General exercises in the rest of the State.
1. Omitted by section 2(ii) of U.P. Act No. 4 of 1972.
145 [The Uttar Pradesh Home Guards Adhiniyam, 1963] [Section 7-9] [(3) Subject to the general control and direction of the District Magistrate, the administration of the Home Guards in a district shall vest in and be exercised by the District Commandant.]
1 Enrolment etc. 7. (1) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, any person desiring to be enrolled as home guard shall make in application in the prescribed form. If such applicant is in private service he shall make such application through his employer, or if in services under the State, through the authority competent to grant him permission to join the force.
(2) A home guard shall be formally enrolled and on enrolment make a declaration in the form set out in the First, Schedule and receive a certificate of appointment in the form set out in the Second Schedule under the seal and signature of such officer as may be prescribed, by virtue of which he shall be vested with the powers and privileges and be subject to the duties of a home guard.
(3) Officer and other members of the Home Guards shall wear such uniforms as may be prescribed.
Calling out of Home Guards
8. Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made there under ---
(a) [the District Magistrate or the District Commandant] 2 may by order call out any home guard attached to a unit posted in the district for duty in any area within that district;
(b) the Commandant-General or such officer of the Home Guards as may be authorized by him in this behalf may call out any home guard for duty in any part of the State or outside the State.
Powers, privileges and protection of Home Guards