28. Information to be furnished by Universities, etc.—It shall be the duty of every University or
other persons having the management of any University, school or other educational institution, to give to
the Central Government, at its request, such information in their possession, or reasonably available to
them, about persons receiving, or who have received education in engineering, technology, medical
sciences or surgery as the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf.
29. Information to be furnished by District Magistrate.—It shall be the duty of every District
Magistrate to give to the State Government such information in his possession about qualified persons
within the local limits of his jurisdiction as may be prescribed, and it shall be the duty of every State
Government to give to the Central Government all information in its possession about qualified persons in
the State.
30. Priority of debts.—Notwithstanding anything contained in the Presidency Towns
Insolvency Act, 1909 (3 of 1909), the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), the Companies Act,
1956 (1 of 1956), or the Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932), any compensation payable under this Act shall
have priority over all other unsecured debts.
31. Summary trial of offences.—Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), every offence punishable under this Act shall be tried summarily.
32. Jurisdiction to try offences.—No court inferior to that of a Presidency Magistrate or a
Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
33. Protection of action taken in good faith.—(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding
shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance
of this Act or any rules, regulations or orders made thereunder.
(2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government for any damage caused
or likely to be caused for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this
Act or any rules, regulations or orders made thereunder.
34. Removal of difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act,
the Central Government may make such order, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as may
appear to it to be necessary for the purpose or removing the difficulty:
Provided that no order shall be made under this sub-section after the expiry of a period of two years
from the commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as
may be after it is made and the provisions of section 38 shall apply to such order as if it were a rule made
under this Act.
35. Powers to delegate.—The Central Government may, by notification, direct that all or any of the
powers which may be exercised by it under this Act shall, in such circumstances and under such
conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification, be exercised also by any State Government or
any other authority owned or controlled by the Central Government.
36. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules for
carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may
provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) the principles governing the calling up of persons for national service;
(b) the form and contents of the National Service Register;
(c) the form in which the certificate of registration is to be issued;
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(d) the manner of notification of preference for any branch of the Armed Forces of the Union;
(e) the manner of notification of change of name or address of, or acquisition of academic or
professional qualification or distinctions by, a qualified person registered under this Act;
(f) the circumstances under which fresh certificates of registration in place of certificates which
have been lost, destroyed or defaced may be issued;
(g) the form and contents of the notice for examination of physical and mental fitness;
(h) the scale in accordance with which travelling and other allowances may be paid to medical or
other authority or specialist or to any qualified person undergoing any examination of physical and
mental fitness and the scale according to which compensation may be paid for loss of remunerative
time;
(i) the priorities in accordance with which qualified persons may be enlisted for national service;
(j) the form and contents of the enlistment notice and the manner of service thereof;
(k) the scales of salary, wages, allowances, pensions, disability and death compensations and
other financial benefits admissible to those performing national service;
(l) the scales of travelling allowances required to be paid under this Act;
(m) the authority by which and conditions subject to which prior discharge from national service
may be made;
(n) the form of discharge certificate;
(o) the manner of application for a certificate of postponement of liability to be called up for
national service or for renewal thereof and the time within which such application for renewal should
be made;
(p) the conditions of reinstatement of persons released from employment in the national service
and matters connected therewith;
(q) further inquiry which may be made by the National Service (Hardship) Committee where
reinstatement of qualified persons released from employment in the national service is refused or
denied or where such reinstatement is represented to be impracticable;
(r) the preservation of rights of provident fund, etc., of qualified persons rendering national
service;
(s) the information relating to qualified persons which every District Magistrate shall furnish to
the State Government;
(t) any other matter which is required to be, or may be prescribed under this Act.
(3) Any rule made under this Act may provide that a contravention of the rule shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or with fine not exceeding one thousand rupees, or
with both.
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;
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(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.
38. Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.—Every rule and every regulation made by
the Central Government under this Act 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 making any modification
to the rule or regulation or both Houses agree that the rule or regulation should not be made, the rule or
regulation shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be 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 regulation.