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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Preventive Detention Act, 1950 Section 13

REVOCATION OF DETENTION ORDERS

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Preventive Detention Act, 1950 Section 13 is part of Preventive Detention Act, 1950 - REVOCATION OF DETENTION ORDERS. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sec. 21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897-(10 of 1897), a detention order may at any time be revoked or modified-

(a) notwithstanding that the order has been made by an officer mentioned to sub-section (2) of Sec. 3 by the State Government to which that officer is subordinate or by Central Government;

(b) notwithstanding that the order has been made by a State Government, or by the Central Government, 33 [(2) The revocation of expiry of a detention order shall not bar the making of a fresh detention order under Sec. 3 against the same person in any case where fresh facts have arisen after the date of revocation or expiry on which the Central Government or a State Government or an officer, as the case may be, is satisfied that such an order should be made.

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What does Preventive Detention Act, 1950 Section 13 provide?

Section Section 13 of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950 (REVOCATION OF DETENTION ORDERS) is reproduced on this page as part of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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