Act Number: 28

Act Name: The National Service Act, 1972

Year: 1972

Enactment Date: 1972-06-09

Long Title: An Act to provide for the registration of qualified persons and for the rendering of national service by such persons and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Department: Department of Youth Affairs

Section 37: Power to make regulations.
    The Central Government may make regulations not inconsistent with this Act, to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:--
         (a) enabling or requiring a qualified person to be transferred to any branch of the Armed Forces of the Union or to any other branch of national service;
         (b) examination of physical and mental fitness of qualified persons subject to registration under this Act;
         (c) determination of the categories in which qualified persons whose physical and mental fitness has been examined shall be placed by reference to their physical or mental conditions or both;
         (d) specification of the principles to be applied and the circumstances to be considered while hearing an application for the grant or renewal of a postponement certificate;
         (e) specification of the period for which a postponement certificate may be granted or renewed;
         (f) any other matter for which regulations are required to be, or may be, made under this Act.
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