Charitable Endowments Act, 1890
No: 4 Dated: Mar, 02 1888
THE INDIAN RESERVE FORCES ACT, 1888
ACT NO. 4 OF 1888
An Act to regulate the Indian Reserve Forces.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the Government, discipline and regulation of the Indian Reserve Fortes;
It is hereby enacted as follows: —
1. Title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Indian Reserve Forces Act, 1888; and
(2) It shall come into force on such day as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
2. Division of Reserve Forces into Regular and Supplementary Reserves.—The Indian Reserve Forces shall consist of the Regular Reserve and the Supplementary Reserve.
3. Locality of service of Reserves.—A person belonging to the Indian Reserve Forces shall be liable to serve beyond the limits of India as well as within those limits
4. Power to make rules for regulation of Reserve Forces.—(1) The Central Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules and orders for the government, discipline and regulation of the Indian Reserve Forces.
(2) Every rule and every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in mating any modification in the rule or order or both Houses agree that the rule or order should not be made, the rule or order shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or order.
5. Liability of Reserve Forces to military law.—Subject to such rules and orders as may be made under section 4, a person belonging to the Indian Reserve Forces shall, as an officer, or soldier, as the case may be, be subject to military law in the same manner and to the same extent as a person belonging to 12the Regular Army.