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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Preventive Detention Act, 1950 Section 2

DEFINITIONS In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,--4 [

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Preventive Detention Act, 1950 Section 2 is part of Preventive Detention Act, 1950 - DEFINITIONS In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,--4 [. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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a) ''State Government" in relation to a Union Territory, means the Administrator thereof;]

(b) "detention order" means an order made under Sec. 3;5[and] 5 [(c) "appropriate Government" means, as respects a detention order made by the Central Government, or a person detained under such order, the Central Government, and as respects a detention order made by a State Government or by an officer subordinate to a State Government or as respects a person detained under such order, the State Government-]

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