The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a Custodian of Enemy Property for India and one or more Deputy Custodians and Assistant Custodians of Enemy Property for such local areas as may be specified in the notification :
Provided that the Custodian of Enemy Property for India and any Deputy Custodian or Assistant Custodian of Enemy Property appointed under the Defence of India Rules, 1962,1[or the Defence of India Act, 1971] shall be deemed to have been appointed under this section.
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1. Inserted by the Enemy Property (Amendment) Act, 1977, w.e.f. 27-09-1977.