vehicle used or required for use in connection with any work or purpose declared by the Central Government or, as the case may be, the State Government in the order to be a work or purpose connected with the defence of India, the conduct of military operations or civil defence;
- (f) if the State Government by general or special order in writing so directs, the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 38 of the said Act shall have effect in relation to any controlled motor vehicles specified in the order as if the words "not being in any case more than two years or less than six months" had been omitted.
- Explanation.—In this clause "controlled motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle declared by the Government to be a controlled motor vehicle by order made in this behalf.
CHAPTER III
CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICES
Constitution of Civil Defence Service. 7. (1) The State Government may constitute for any area within the State a body of persons to be called the Civil Defence Service and may appoint a person (hereinafter called the Director) to command such body.
(2) Subject to any orders which the Central Government may make in this behalf, any member of a Civil Defence Service of any State may at any time be required to discharge functions in relation to civil defence in any other State and shall while so discharging such functions be deemed to be a member of a Civil Defence Service of that other State and be vested with the powers, functions and privileges and be subject to the liabilities of a member of a Civil Defence Service of that other State.
Appointment of members and officers. 8. (1) Any authority authorised in this behalf by the State Government may appoint as members of a Civil Defence Service so many persons who are fit and willing to serve as such as it is authorised by the State Government to appoint, and the Director may appoint any such member to any office or command in the Service.
(2) Every person so appointed to be a member of a Civil Defence Service shall be given a certificate of membership in such form as may be prescribed.
Dismissalof members of Civil Defence Service. 9. The Director or any other authority authorised in this behalf by the State Government may, by order in writing, dismiss summarily from a Civil Defence Service any member thereof if, in the opinion of the Director or such other authority, he fails to discharge satisfactorily, or is guilty of misconduct in the discharge of, his duties as such member, or his continued presence in the Service is otherwise undesirable.
