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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.
1972
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. PRELIMINARY

  2. 1
     Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2
     Definitions

  • LIABILITY OF PERSONS TO RENDER NATIONAL SERVICE

  • 3
     Liability of persons to be called up for national service
  • 4
     Voluntary service in lieu of national service
  • 5
     Liability to complete interrupted service
  • 6
     Power of Central Government to direct a person to render service with the Armed Forces of Union or other national service
  • 7
     Discipline
  • 8
     Power of Central Government to require any employer to release qualified persons
  • 9
     Transfer
  • 10
     Persons not to leave national service or be discharged therefrom unless permitted by Central Government

  • REGISTRATION AND ENLISTMENT FOR NATIONAL SERVICE

  • 11
     Persons required to register
  • 12
     Registration
  • 13
     Notice of likelihood of calling up for national service
  • 14
     Enlistment for national service
  • 15
     Salary, wages, etc., and travelling allowances to be paid to persons enlisted for national service
  • 16
     Training
  • 17
     Discharge

  • POSTPONEMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE

  • 18
     National Service (Hardship) Committee
  • 19
     Application for postponement on grounds of hardship
  • 20
     Appeal from decision of the National Service (Hardship) Committee
  • 21
     Revocation of postponement certificate
  • 22
     Suspension of right to postponement of liability to be called up for national service

  • REINSTATEMENT OF QUALIFIED PERSONS CALLED UP FOR NATIONAL SERVICE

  • 23
     Reinstatement
  • 24
     Preservation of certain rights of qualified persons required to render national service

  • OTHER OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

  • 25
     False statement and forgery
  • 26
     General provision as to offences
  • 27
     Offences by companies

  • MISCELLANEOUS

  • 28
     Information to be furnished by Universities, etc
  • 29
     Information to be furnished by District Magistrate
  • 30
     Priority of debts
  • 31
     Summary trial of offences
  • 32
     Jurisdiction to try offences
  • 33
     Protection of action taken in good faith
  • 34
     Removal of difficulties
  • 35
     Powers to delegate
  • 36
     Power to make rules
  • 37
     Power to make regulations
  • 38
     Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament