PSARA License in Gujarat

An Overview of PSARA License in Gujarat

Gujarat is a top industrial and business area and the hub of many start-ups. So the need for a security guard has tremendously increased. Any Indian resident person/firm/company can apply for registration of PSARA License in India. A private security agency provides security services via guards or "service related to alternate service of public policy" to a private company or organisation. However, some essential requirements need to be fulfilled for the application for a PSARA license. The PSARA Act mandates that every private security service company needs to get PSARA License to deploy security services in any sector.

Advantages of PSARA license in Gujarat

• The PSARA license would empower the business entity to provide training-based facilities to all securities of private securities agencies.
• A customer would utilise the security services, which has a licensed security agency organisation. Hence the reputation of the agency is more important to get the license.
• A PSARA license will ensure that the agency complies with the provisions of the law.

Eligibility Criteria under PSARA in Gujarat

Eligibility criteria for companies/ Directors or Principal Officers/Security guards:

• Limited liability partnership firm (LLP)/ OPC
• Association of persons / Any Private limited company
• The applicant, whether a director or security guard, should be an Indian citizen and attained major
• The applicant should be a financially well-off person to take care of the business
• The applicant should not possess any criminal record
• The security guard should be over the age of 18 years but under the age of 65 years
• The applicant should satisfy physical standards and training as per the PSARA Act
• Applicants who applied for security should not be convicted or dismissed from government service.

Documents that are necessary to obtain a PSARA license in Gujarat

• PAN card
• Shop establishment details
• Professional Tax registration
• GST registration
• Details of an agency name, logo and uniform
• Affidavit and compliance report
• Photographs of applicant
• Business registration Document
• Character certificate of the employees working in the agency

The process involved in obtaining a PSARA license in Gujarat

Organising Documents for licensing a security agency

Before applying for the PSARA license, getting the Documents and verifying their essentialities is important to avoid repeating work. These relevant Documents can be later uploaded to the online portal.

MOU with an established training facility

To get the PSARA license for the agency, they should enter into an MOU with a certified training institute to get their security guards trained as per the PSARA rules.

Application filling

As per the PSARA Act, each state has a separate dedicated controlling authority to verify and provide the necessary PSARA licence.

A police statement

The online submitted application can be processed only after proper police verification, and the agency should get NOC from the consent police authority where the security agency is situated.

Application Submission

After getting the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the police authority, the authority to grant the PSARA license would either issue the license or reject the license.

Validity of PSARA license in Gujarat

The PSARA License has to renew from time to time. It is not a one-time license. It has been granted for 5 years at a time. After 5 years, a PSARA License renewal is compulsory, and the renewal will last for the next five years only. After that, if any company wants to continue the business, they must repeat the same process every 5 years.

Suspension and cancellation of PSARA license in Gujarat

In the PSARA Act 2005, the conditions for suspending and cancelling PSARA licenses are provided under section 13 of the act. The authority can, at any time, cancel or suspend the license. Following are the condition for suspension and cancellation of the license.

• If the security agency gets the license through misrepresentation of Documents
• Using an agency name that is not provided at the time of application
• If the owner of the license commenced any activities that violate any provision of the PSARA Act, 2005

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