9.
Oath or affirmation to be taken on attestation. —(1) Every person required to be attested under section 16 shall make and subscribe an oath or affirmation in one of the following forms or in such other form to the same purport as the attesting officer ascertains to be in accordance with the religion of the person to be attested, or otherwise binding on his conscience.
Form of Oath
I,.............................. do swear in the name of God that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by the law established and that I will, as in duty bound, honesty and faithfully serve in the regular Army of the Union of India and go wherever ordered by land, sea or air, and that I will observe and obey all commands of the President of the Union of India and the commands of any officer set over me even to the peril of my life.
Form of Affirmation
I,............................... do solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established and that I will, as in duty bound, honestly and faithfully serve in the regular Army
THE ARMY RULES, 1954 WITH NOTES
of the Union of India and go wherever ordered by land, sea or air, and that I will observe and obey all commands of the President of the Union of India and the commands of any officer set over me even to the peril of my life.
17. If it is not so administered, it may be administered by a magistrate or a recruiting officer or an assistant recruiting officer commanding the station.
AR.9(2) prescribes the persons, in addition to the commanding officers who can attest enrolled persons.
2. See
AA.ss.16 and
17 and notes thereto.
3. The following is a translation into Hindi of the above oath and affirmation: —
"Shapath Patra"
"Main ........................Parmatma ki Shapath lekar pratigya karta hun kih main qanundwara nishchit kie hue Bharat ke Vidhan ka sachche man se wafadar rahunga, aur main apnekartavya ke anusar Bharat ki Regular Army (Sthayi Sena) men imandari aur sachche man se sewa karunga, aur jahan kahin mujhe prithvi, samundar ya hawa ke raste bheja jaega, main khushi se jaunga. Main, Bharat ke Rashtrapati ki aur us officer ki jo mere upar niyukt kia jae, sab agyaon ko manunga aur unka palan karunga: chahe is men mujhe apna Jiwanbhi balidan karna pare".
"Pratigya Patra"
"Main ...................drirh pratigya karta hun kih main qanun dwara nisnchit kie hue Bharat ke Vidhan ka sachche man se wafadar rahunga, aur main apne kartavya ke anusarBharat ki regular Army (Sthayi Sena) men imandari aur sachche man se sewa karunga, aur jahan kahin mujhe prithvi, samundar ya hawa ke raste bheja jaega, main khushi se jaunga. Main Bharat ke Rashtrapati ki aur us officer ki jo mere upar niyukt kia jae, sab agyaon ko manunga aur unka palan karunga; chahe is men mujhe apna jiwan bhi balidan karna pare."
4. In the case of Sikhs/Muslims the oath will be with "Main.............. Sri Guru Granth Sahib/Pak Khudai Taala" etc.
10.
Transfer from one corps or department to another. —Where the Central Government by any general or special order published in the official Gazette so directs, any person enrolled under this Act may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the conditions of service for which he is enrolled, be transferred to any corps or department by order of an authority exercising powers not less than those of an officer commanding a division.