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The National Service Act

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