Parliament of India 24 May 1968, Act 27 of 1968 (The Civil Defence Act, 1968)

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India · · · 24-05-1968

Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 2. Definitions.
Section 3. Power to make rules for civil defence.
Section 4. Constitution of Civil Defence Corps.
Section 5. Appointment of members and officers.
Section 6. Dismissal of members of Civil Defence Corps.
Section 7. Appeal.
Section 8. Functions of members of Civil Defence Corps.
Section 9. Power to make regulations.
Section 10. Provisions of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act to apply to injuries sustained by the members of the Corps.
Section 11. Penalties.
Section 11A. Adjudication of penalties.
Section 12. Effect of Act and rules, etc., inconsistent with other enactments.
Section 13. Ordinary avocations of life to be interfered with as little as possible.
Section 14. Savings as to orders.
Section 15. Act not to apply to measures taken for the protection of the Armed Forces.
Section 16. Limitation of prosecutions.
Section 16A. Power of the Central Government to delegate.
Section 16B. Effect of order made by the Central Government, etc.
Section 17. Power to delegate.
Section 18. Protection of action taken in good faith.
Section 19. Authorised persons and members of the Corps to be public servants.
Section 19A. Power of Central Government to make rules.
Section 20. Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.

Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Civil Defence Act, 1968.
(2) It extends¹ to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force in a State or part thereof on such date² , not being a date earlier than the date of the expiry of the Defence of India Act, 1962 (51 of 1962), as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States or different

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