PSARA Act 2005 - Security Guards

Hi,
Fwding the extract of the act for your ref.
10. Eligibility to be a private security guard.—(1) A private security agency shall not
employ or engage any person as a private security guard unless he—
(a) is a citizen of India or a citizen of such other country as the Central Government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify;
(b) has completed eighteen years of age but has not attained the age of sixty-five
years;
(c) satisfies the agency about his character and antecedents in such manner as may
be prescribed;
(d) has completed the prescribed security training successfully;
(e) fulfils such physical standards as may be prescribed; and
(f) satisfies such other conditions as may be prescribed.
(2) No person who has been convicted by a competent court or who has been dismissed
or removed on grounds of misconduct or moral turpitude while serving in any of the armed
forces of the Union, State Police Organisations, Central or State Governments or in any
private security agency shall be employed or engaged as a private security guard or a
supervisor.
(3) Every private security agency may, while employing a person as a private security
guard, give preference to a person who has served as a member in one or more of the
following, namely:—
(i) Army;
(ii) Navy;
(iii) Air Force;
(iv) any other armed forces of the Union;
(v) Police, including armed constabularies of States; and
(vi) Home Guards.
11. Conditions of licence.—(1) The State Government may frame rules

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Sir, As per PSARA Act- age should be 18-65 but when security guard will retire? as per govt rules rwtine on age of 58 years Amits

Dear mathu, your are in wrong place.This forum specially for EHS guys. . .Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Thanks & besafe Raghu

Dear Chakkaravathy,

Security and safety are 'peas of a pod'-they compliment each other?? Secondly it would have been better if you could have advised Mathu as to the forum for posting this post!!
I was given to understand that sarcasm was never an essence of Citehr??

Mathu-Please read the Act its very clean and clear.

Regards,

Colonel J H Mayne