Act Number: 47

Act Name: The Assam Rifles Act, 2006

Year: 2006

Enactment Date: 2006-11-03

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the governance of the Assam Rifles, an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India, to carry out Counter Insurgency Operations in the specified areas and to act in aid of civil authorities for the maintenance of the law and order and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 6: Enrolment.
    (1) The persons to be enrolled to the Force, the mode of enrolment and the procedure for enrolment shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
     (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and the rules and regulations, every person who has, for a continuous period of three months, been in receipt of pay as a person enrolled under this Act and borne on the rolls of the Force shall be deemed to have been duly enrolled.
     (3) No person who is not a citizen of India shall, except by the consent of the Central Government signified in writing, be enrolled in the Force.
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