(1) The District Superintendent
of Police may, in the manner prescribed, enlist a person to function as a village
guard for a village or group of villages in a Police District under his charge.
(2) Able-bodied persons not below the age of 401 year and above the age of fifty-five years at the time of such enlistment and residing in a village, or in the case of a group of villages in a village of that group, may be enlisted as village guards.
(3)2 The District Superintendent of Police shall observe the following order of preference in the process of enlistment, namely:-
(a) Ex -Serviceman/ retired paramilitary personnel from Central or State paramilitary force;
(b)Home guard volunteer;
(c) any other local resident of the village possessing minimum educational qualification of having passed Class Eight.
(4) A person shall not be enlisted as a village guard, if-
(a) he has been convicted for an offence involving moral turpitude;
(b) a criminal case has been registered and is pending against him;
(c) he is member of a political party or its affiliate; or
(d) he does not possess such educational qualifications as may be prescribed.
(2) Able-bodied persons not below the age of 401 year and above the age of fifty-five years at the time of such enlistment and residing in a village, or in the case of a group of villages in a village of that group, may be enlisted as village guards.
(3)2 The District Superintendent of Police shall observe the following order of preference in the process of enlistment, namely:-
(a) Ex -Serviceman/ retired paramilitary personnel from Central or State paramilitary force;
(b)Home guard volunteer;
(c) any other local resident of the village possessing minimum educational qualification of having passed Class Eight.
(4) A person shall not be enlisted as a village guard, if-
(a) he has been convicted for an offence involving moral turpitude;
(b) a criminal case has been registered and is pending against him;
(c) he is member of a political party or its affiliate; or
(d) he does not possess such educational qualifications as may be prescribed.
1 Expression "30 years" Substituted by "40 years" by notification dated 06-07-2020
2 Existing sub-section (3) Substituted by notification dated 06-07-2020