Section 22 in The Border Security Force (Ceremonials And Marks Of Respect) Rules, 1989
22. Inspection
.-The procedure for inspection shall be as follows: -(a)The Guard Commander shall march forward and report to the VIP. The report shall be in Hindi as under: -(i)for the Inter-Forces Guards of Honour: " Unter dal samman Guard Nirikshan Ke liey hazir hai Shariman/Shrimati Ji . "(ii)for the Border Security Force Guard of Honour: (name of unit) " Samman Guard Nirikshan Ke liey hazir hai Shriman/Shrimati Ji . "(b)The Guard Commander taking his position on the VIP 's left, shall conduct him to the end. On reaching the right hand man of the band, the Guard Commander shall move to the VIP 's right and in line with him. He shall walk and not do the slow march.(c)The orderly officer shall not precede the VIP during the inspection except in the case of the President of India. They shall, on such occasion, do the slow march during the inspection.(d)The VIP shall inspect the band, passing in front of the Drum-Major. The band shall not turn their head and eye towards the VIP during the inspection of the band but shall look straight to the front.(e)As soon as the VIP passes the left hand man of the band, the Bandmaster shall turn about and get the band ready and start playing, taking the time from the first beet of the drum, every officer and men of the Guard will also move their heads and eyes towards the VIP and will look at the VIP. As the VIP moves on, the officers and men will also move their heads and eyes looking at him all the time. If the VIP stops during inspection, the movement of heads shall also stop.(f)The band shall stop playing as soon as the VIP has finished the inspection and the Guard, taking the time from the last note of the music, shall turn their heads and eyes to the front.(g)Only the front rank of the Guard shall be inspected. The VIP will move in front of the officers, i.e. , he will inspect the Guard from a distance of 3 or 4 paces from the front rank.(h)The VIP shall be conducted by the Guard Commander towards the conducting officer, who shall have moved from his position behind the dais to a new position suitable to escort the VIP for the inspection. When the VIP has been received by conducting officer, the Guard Commander shall Salute the VIP. The Guard Commander must be prepared to shake hand with the VIP, if the VIP so desires.
