Act Info:
Preamble1 - NATIONAL SERVICE ACT, 1972
Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II Section3 - Liability of persons to be called up for national service
Section4 - Voluntary service in lieu of national service
Section5 - Liability to complete interrupted service
Section6 - Power of Central Government to direct a person to render service with the Armed Forces of Union or other national service
Section7 - Discipline
Section8 - Power of Central Government to require any employer to release qualified persons
Section9 - Transfer
Section10 - Persons not to leave national service or be discharged therefrom unless permitted by Central Government
Chapter III Section11 - Persons required to register
Section12 - Registration
Section13 - Notice of likelihood of calling up for national service
Section14 - Enlistment for national service
Section15 - Salary, wages, etc., and travelling allowances to be paid to persons enlisted for national service
Section16 - Training
Section17 - Discharge
Chapter IV Section18 - National Service (Hardship) Committee
Section19 - Application for postponement on grounds of hardship
Section20 - Appeal from decision of the National Service (Hardship) Committee
Section21 - Revocation of postponement certificate
Section22 - Suspension of right to postponement of liability to be called up for national service
Chapter V Section23 - Reinstatement
Section24 - Preservation of certain rights of qualified persons required to render national service
Chapter VI Section25 - False statement and forgery
Section26 - General provision as to offences
Section27 - Offences by companies
Chapter VII Section28 - Information to be furnished by Universities, etc
Section29 - Information to be furnished by District Magistrate
Section30 - Priority of debts
Section31 - Summary trial of offences
Section32 - Jurisdiction to try offences
Section33 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section34 - Removal of difficulties
Section35 - Powers to delegate
Section36 - Rules
Section37 - Power to make regulations
Section38 - Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament