National Service Act, 1972
Bare 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.
- Act number
- 28 of 1972
- Enacted
- 9 June 1972
- Contents
- 38 sections · 7 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Liability Of Persons To Render National Service
- Section 3 – Liability of persons to be called up for national service
- Section 4 – Voluntary service in lieu of national service
- Section 5 – Liability to complete interrupted service
- Section 6 – Power of Central Government to direct a person to render service with the Armed Forces of Union or other national service (preview)
- Section 7 – Discipline (preview)
- Section 8 – Power of Central Government to require any employer to release qualified persons (preview)
- Section 9 – Transfer (preview)
- Section 10 – Persons not to leave national service or be discharged therefrom unless permitted by Central Government (preview)
Chapter III — Registration And Enlistment For National Service
- Section 11 – Persons required to register (preview)
- Section 12 – Registration (preview)
- Section 13 – Notice of likelihood of calling up for national service (preview)
- Section 14 – Enlistment for national service (preview)
- Section 15 – Salary, wages, etc., and travelling allowances to be paid to persons enlisted for national service (preview)
- Section 16 – Training (preview)
- Section 17 – Discharge (preview)
Chapter IV — Postponement Of National Service
- Section 18 – National Service (Hardship) Committee (preview)
- Section 19 – Application for postponement on grounds of hardship (preview)
- Section 20 – Appeal from decision of the National Service (Hardship) Committee (preview)
- Section 21 – Revocation of postponement certificate (preview)
- Section 22 – Suspension of right to postponement of liability to be called up for national service (preview)
Chapter V — Reinstatement Of Qualified Persons Called Up For National Service
- Section 23 – Reinstatement (preview)
- Section 24 – Preservation of certain rights of qualified persons required to render national service (preview)
Chapter VI — Other Offences And Penalties
- Section 25 – False statement and forgery (preview)
- Section 26 – General provision as to offences (preview)
- Section 27 – Offences by companies (preview)
Chapter VII — Miscellaneous
- Section 28 – Information to be furnished by Universities, etc (preview)
- Section 29 – Information to be furnished by District Magistrate (preview)
- Section 30 – Priority of debts (preview)
- Section 31 – Summary trial of offences (preview)
- Section 32 – Jurisdiction to try offences (preview)
- Section 33 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 34 – Removal of difficulties (preview)
- Section 35 – Powers to delegate (preview)
- Section 36 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 37 – Power to make regulations (preview)
- Section 38 – Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament (preview)