 the national volunteer force bill, 1955(as introduced in loic sabha)  11m national volunteer force bill, 1955 (as introuced in lok sabha) a billto provide for the constitution of a national volunteer force for impmti~ mutary trrainil1g to citizens ,of india be it enacted by parliament in the sixth year of the republic of i,mia as fohows:--short title 1 (1) this act may be called the national volunteer force act, andextcnt 1955 5 (2) it extends to the whole of india definitions 2 l1il this act, unless the context otherwise tequires,-(a) 'camp' means any place established under section 4 as a eamp where any 'body of volunteers is ,for the --time being undellqoilbg training; 10 (b) 'force' means the national volunteer force 'constitut-'ed under this act; (c) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rae made undel' this act; 15 l{d) 'superior afticer' means any ,officer, junior eommissioned officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer iof the regular army or of the territorial army; (e) <volunteer' means a ]!ierson enrolled in the ~ce under this act; 20 (f> all words and expressions used in this act and not, de'fined but defined in the army act, 1950, or in the territorial army act, 1948, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the said acts 3 there shall be raised and maintained by the central government a force to be designated the national volunteer force by the enrolment of volunteers in the manner hereinafter provided constitution of the national volun~r force establishment of campti 4 th~ central government may establish such number ot camps for the purposes of the force as it thinks fit and may close s down or re-establish any such camps enrolment 5 any citizen of in,dia not below the age of eighteen years and not above the age of forty years may offer himself for enrolment as a volunteer and may, if he satisfies the prescribed conditions, pe enrolled in the prescribed manner by the prescribed authority for 10 such period and subject to such conditions as maybe prescribed duties of volunteers 6 no person shall, on the ground only of being a volunteer be liable for military service, but subject thereto a volunteer may be called upon to undergo such training as may be prescribed, and while undergoing such training shall perform such duties and dis- is charge such obligations as the prescribed authority may, by gene- ral or sjliecial order, direct  diachargc 7 every volunteer shall be entitled to receive his discharge from the force on the expiration of the period for which pe was enrolled, but may, prior to the expiration of that period, be dis- 20 charged from the force by such authority and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed offences and 8 (1) if any volunteer commits any of the following offences, penalties that is to say,-(i) without sufficient cause fails to attend at any place 2s when· duly required to do so; or (ii) while in camp on duty-(a) absents ~imself from the camp without leave; (b) uses criminal force or uses threatening or insubordinate language to a superior officer or assaults a supe- 30 riorofficer; (c) disobeys any lawful command of a superior officer; (d) neglects to obey any standing, general or other orders by the officer commanding the camp; (e) uses criminal force to, or assaults, any volunteer 3s xlvi 0' or any person subject to the army act, 1950, or the ter-1950 ritorial army act, 1948; lvi of (f) knowingly d~ any act which is prejudicial to 1948 the maintenance of good order or military discipline in camp; 40 he shall be punished summarily by order of the prescribed authoritr with fine which may extelld to fifty rupees or, in default, by bemg confined to barracks for a term which may extend to seven days (2) any fine imposed by order of the prescribed authority under 4s sub-section (1) may, on application made in this behalf by the prescribed authority to a magistrate having jurisdiction in the place where the volunteer resides or has a place of business, de recovered in accordance with the provisions of the code of criminal procedure, 1898, as if it were a fine imposed by such magistrate v or 189 - 9 if any volunteer wilfully or negligently causes lo~s of, or lia~llity for 5 damage to, any property of the government, the prescribea autho- c:usmct::s rity may, after giving him an opportunity of being heard and after ~ or govc: making such inquiry into the matter as it thinks nt, make an order ment requiring him to make good the loss or damage within such time property as may be specified in the order or within such further time as 10 may be allowed by the prescribed authority in this behalf, and where the amount thereof as determined by the prescribed authority is not paid within the time allowed, it shall, on application made by the prescribed authority to the collector of the district in which the volunteer resides or has a place of business, be i s recovered from him in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue 10 where a volunteer is required by or in l'ursuance of any presumption rule made under this act to attend at any place, a certificate pur- d' to certain porting to be signed by the prescribed officer stating that the ocuments 20 volunteer so required to attend failed to do so in accordance with such requirement shall without proof of the signature or appointment of such officer, be evidence of the matters stated therein 11 (1) the central government may, by notification in the power to official gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this act make rules 2s (2) in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-(a) the authorities by which, the manner in which, the period for which, and the conditions subject to which, any 30 person may be enrolled as a volunteer; (b) the training, discipline, duties and obligations which a volunteer has to undergo, observe, perform or discharge under this act; (c) the authorities by which, and the conditions subject 35 to which, a volunteer may be discharged; (d) the manner in which, and the conditions subject to which, a volunteer may be called out for training or duties; (e) the determination of authorities for the purposes of this am; 40 (f) the officers by whom certificates may be signed under section 10; and (g) any other matter which under this act is to be or may be prescribed  s:i"atement of objects and reasonsthe object of the scheme envisaged in the bill is to provide for the constitution of a national volunteer force for imparting military training to the members of the public with a view to inculcating among them a sense of discipline, security and selfreliance and' interest in national service military training will be given in camps, which will be set up at convenient places and, wherever possible, in the vicinity of community projects all able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 18 and 40 are eligible to join' the national volunteer force the bill' seeks to provide the legal basis for the imparting of training, the establishment of training camps and the exercise of disciplinary control over the trainees while in the camps matters of administrative details connected with training, remuneration payable to trainees, issue of sto:r:es and the like will be regulated by means of rules to be framed under the proposed law k n katju nsw denhi; the 21st september, 1955  financial memorandumthe forillaj:ion of the national volunteer force, originally cal~ led auxiliary territorial army subsequently renamed as auxiliary territorial fol!ce involves expenditure from the consolidated ]j'und of india at the auxiliary territorial force rural camps, the trainees were provided with free rations and tented or other accommodation for the period of training trainees in urban camps were not required to stay in camps but they were entitled to a small refreshment allowance all trainees were given an out·ofpocket allowance of rs 5/-on completion of training a rural camp was of one week's duration (subsequently increased to 10 ~) and in urban camps, training v:as g·:ven for 3 hours per day for two weeks in the national volunteer force the duration of training will be 30 days on completion of which an out-of'pucket allowance of rs 15/- per trainee will be given each camp is i,ntended to train 500 persons 200 such camps will be held each year the scope of tra':ning will be more comprehensive 2 the cost of training will depend on the number of persons to be trained it is estimated that the expenditure involved in its implementation would amount to approximately rs 1 crore per annum which will be partly met by reducing non~ssential equipment and personnel in the territorial army necessary financial provision has been included in the defence service estimat~s fqf 195~56,  memorandum regarding delegated legislationthe broad features of the scheme envisaged in the bill, namely, the constitution of the national volunteer force, the establishment and closure of camps, the recruitment of citizens of india as members of the force and the penalties to which they will be liable are laid down in the bill itself sub-~lause (1) of clause 11 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act the particular matters in relation to which such rules may be made have been enumerated in subclause (2) of that clause these matters are matters of adminis-~rative detail necessary for the il1lplementation of the scheme and day-to-day administration of the act and deal with such things as the prescription of the authorities by which members of the force may be recruited, the manner in which, the period for which, and the conditions subject to which, such persons may be enrolled, the training, discipline, duties and obligations which such persons may undergo, observe, perform or discharge, the manner in which, and the conditions subject to which, such persons may be called out for training, the allowances or other remuneration to be paid to such persons, the conditions subject to which such persons may be discharged and so on the d~legation of legislative powers is thus of the normal type, because it is both unnecessary ahd difficult to lay down matters of administrative deta:ls in the ennctment itself a bill to provide for the constitution of a national volunteer force for imparting military training to citizens cf india the president has, in pursuance of clause (3) of article i 17 of the constitution of india, recommended to the lok sabha the consideration of the bill m, n kaul, secretary (dr kailas natk katju, minister of defence) 