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Section 5. Powers, protection and control.
The Maharashtra Home Guards Act.
Act no. III of 19471947In forceMaharashtra (State Act)
5. Powers, protection and control.— (1) A member of the Home Guards when called out under section 4 shall have the same powers, privileges and protection as an officer of police appointed under any Act for the time being in force. (2) No prosecution shall be instituted against a member of the Home Guards in respect of anything done or purporting to be done by him in the discharge of his functions 6[or duties] as such member, except with the previous sanction of the Commissioner of Police, Bombay, in Greater Bombay, and of the District Magistrate, elsewhere.