Section 8:
Functions of members of Civil Defence Corps.
(1) The members of the Corps shall perform
such functions in relation to the carrying out of measures for civil defence as may be assigned to them by
rules made under this Act or by any other law for the time being in force.
(2) The State Government or the Controller may, by order, call out a member of the Corps for training
or for discharging such functions in relation to the carrying out of measures for civil defence as may be
specified in such order.
(3) Subject to such orders as the Central Government may make in this behalf, any member of the
Corps of any State may at any time be required, by order, to discharge functions in relation to civil
defence in any other State and shall while discharging such functions, be deemed to be a member of the
Corps of that other State and be vested with the powers, functions and privileges and be subject to the
liabilities of a member of the Corps in that other State.