CentralAct 28 of 1972
The National Service Act, 1972
An Act to provide for the registration of qualified persons and for the rendering of national service by such persons and for matters connected therewith.
Sections
38 in this Act
- 1Short title, extent and commencement
- 2Definitions
- 3Liability of persons to be called up for national service
- 4Voluntary service in lieu of national service
- 5Liability to complete interrupted service
- 6Power of Central Government to direct a person to render service with the Armed Forces of Union or other national service
- 7Discipline
- 8Power of Central Government to require any employer to release qualified persons
- 9Transfer
- 10Persons not to leave national service or be discharged therefrom unless permitted by Central Government
- 11Persons required to register
- 12Registration
- 13Notice of likelihood of calling up for national service
- 14Enlistment for national service
- 15Salary, wages, etc., and travelling allowances to be paid to persons enlisted for national service
- 16Training
- 17Discharge
- 18National Service (Hardship) Committee
- 19Application for postponement on grounds of hardship
- 20Appeal from decision of the National Service (Hardship) Committee
- 21Revocation of postponement certificate
- 22Suspension of right to postponement of liability to be called up for national service
- 23Reinstatement
- 24Preservation of certain rights of qualified persons required to render national service
- 25False statement and forgery
- 26General provision as to offences
- 27Offences by companies
- 28Information to be furnished by Universities, etc
- 29Information to be furnished by District Magistrate
- 30Priority of debts
- 31Summary trial of offences
- 32Jurisdiction to try offences
- 33Protection of action taken in good faith
- 34Removal of difficulties
- 35Powers to delegate
- 36Power to make rules
- 37Power to make regulations
- 38Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament