7. Constitution of Civil Defence Service.—(1) The State Government may constitute for any area
within the State a body of persons to be called the Civil Defence Service and may appoint a person
(hereinafter called the Director) to command such body.
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(2) Subject to any orders which the Central Government may make in this behalf, any member of a
Civil Defence Service of any State may at any time be required to discharge functions in relation to civil
defence in any other State and shall while so discharging such functions be deemed to be a member of a
Civil Defence Service of that other State and be vested with the powers, functions and privileges and be
subject to the liabilities of a member of a Civil Defence Service of that other State.
8. Appointment of members and officers.—(1) Any authority authorised in this behalf by the State
Government may appoint as members of a Civil Defence Service so many persons who are fit and willing
to serve as such as it is authorised by the State Government to appoint, and the Director may appoint any
such member to any office or command in the Service.
(2) Every person so appointed to be a member of a Civil Defence Service shall be given a certificate
of membership in such form as may be prescribed.
9. Dismissal of members of Civil Defence Service.—The Director or any other authority authorised
in this behalf by the State Government may, by order in writing, dismiss summarily from a Civil Defence
Service any member thereof if, in the opinion of the Director or such other authority, he fails to discharge
satisfactorily, or is guilty of misconduct in the discharge of, his duties as such member, or his continued
presence in the Service is otherwise undesirable.
10. Functions of members of Civil Defence Services.—(1) The members of a Civil Defence Service
shall perform such functions in relation to the carrying out of measures for civil defence as may be
assigned to them by rules made under this Act or by any other law for the time being in force.
(2) The Director or any person authorised in this behalf by the Director or by the State Government
may by order at any time call out a member of a Civil Defence Service for training or to discharge any
such functions as aforesaid.
11. Penalty.—If any member of a Civil Defence Service on being called out by an order under
sub-section (2) of section 10 neglects or refuses without sufficient excuse to obey such order or to
discharge his functions as a member of the Civil Defence Service or to obey any lawful order or direction
given to him for the performance of his duties he shall, on conviction by a competent court, be punishable
with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
12. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Chapter.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may—
(a) prescribe the duties of members of Civil Defence Services and regulate the manner in which
they may be called out for service;
(b) regulate the organisation, appointment, conditions of service, discipline, accoutrement, and
clothing of members of any or all of the Civil Defence Services;
(c) prescribe the form of certificates of membership of any or all of the Civil Defence Services;
(d) provide that a contravention of, or an attempt to contravene, and any abetment of or attempt to
abet the contravention of, any of the provisions of the rules or of any order issued under any such
provision shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or with
fine, or with both;
(e) provide for the arrest and trial of persons contravening, or reasonably suspected of
contravening, any of the provisions of the rules or of any order issued under any such provision;
(f) provide for the seizure, detention and forfeiture of any property in respect of which such
contravention, attempt or abetment as is referred to in clause (d) has been committed;
(g) prescribe the duties and powers of public servants and other persons as regards preventing the
contravention of, or securing the observance of, the rules or of any order issued thereunder;
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(h) provide for preventing the obstruction and deception of, and disobedience to, any person
acting, and interference with any notice issued, in pursuance of the rules or of any order issued
thereunder;
(i) prohibit attempts to screen from punishment any person contravening any of the rules.