BHG Rules 4

Section 4 · Qualifications for enrolment as a Home Guard

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- Any person-

(a)

Who is not less than 19 and not more than 40 years of age on the 1st day of January of the year in which the application for enrolment is made;

(b)

Who is of good moral character;

(c)

Who is physically fit to undergo arduous outdoor duties;

(d)

Whose height is not less than 5'-4" and chest measurement not less than 31" (unexpanded) or in the case of Scheduled Tribes of Chota Nagpur Division or the Santhal Parganas District and of persons belonging to the Purnea District and the Saharsa Sub-district, whose height is not less than 5'-2" and chest measurement not less than 30" (unexpanded); and

(e)

Who has passed at least the Upper Primary or equivalent examination;
shall be eligible for enrolment as a Home Guard:Provided that members of the Auxiliary Force, India, or of the Territorial Army shall not be eligible for enrolment.

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