Lok Sahayak Sena Act, 1956
No: 53 Dated: Sep, 15 1956
THE LOK SAHAYAK SENA ACT, 1956
ACT NO. 53 OF 1956
An Act to provide for the constitution of Lok Sahayak Sena for imparting military training to citizens of India.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Lok Sahayak Sena Act, 1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “camp” means any place established under section 4 as a camp where any body of volunteers is for the time being undergoing training;
(b) “Force” means the Lok Sahayak Sena constituted under this Act;
(c) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(d) “superior officer” means any officer, junior commissioned officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of the regular Army or of the Territorial Army;
(e) “volunteer” means a person enrolled in the Force under this Act;
(f) all words and expressions used in this Act and not defined but defined in the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), or in the Territorial Army Act, 1948 (56 of 1948), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the said Acts.
3. Constitution of the Lok Sahayak Sena.—There shall be raised and maintained by the Central Government a force to be designated the Lok Sahayak Sena by the enrolment of volunteers in the manner hereinafter provided.
4. Establishment of camps.—The Central Government may establish such number of camps for the purposes of the Force as it thinks fit and may close down or re-establish any such camps.
5. Enrolment.—Any citizen of India 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, be enrolled in the prescribed manner by the prescribed authority for such period and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
6. Duties of volunteers.—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 discharge such obligations as the prescribed authority may, by general or special order, direct.
7. Discharge.—Every volunteer shall be entitled to receive his discharge from the Force on the expiration of the period for which he was enrolled, but may, prior to the expiration of that period, be discharged from the Force by such authority and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
8. Offences and penalties.—(1) If any volunteer commits any of the following offences, that is to say,—
(i) without sufficient cause fails to attend at any place when duly required to do so; or
(ii) while in camp on duty—
(a) absents himself from the camp without leave;
(b) uses criminal force or uses threatening or insubordinate language to a superior officer or assaults a superior officer;
(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 or any person subject to the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), or the Territorial Army Act, 1948 (56 of 1948);
(f) knowingly does any act which is prejudicial to the maintenance of good order or military discipline in camp;
he shall be punishable summarily by order of the prescribed authority with fine which may extend to fifty rupees or, in default, by being confined to barracks for a term which may extend to seven days.
(2) Any fine imposed by order of the prescribed authority under 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, be recovered in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), as if it were a fine imposed by such magistrate.