Proclamation, means the notice publicly given of the absence of a person for whose attendance in court various summons were taken but could not be served on account of his absconding, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, s. 87.
Proclamation, publication by authority; a notice publicly given of anything whereof the King thinks fit to advertise his subjects. Proclamation is used particularly in the beginning or calling of a Court, and at the discharge or adjourning thereof, for the attendance of persons and dispatch of business, Jac. Law Dict.
S. 2 of the West Bengal (Prevention of Violent Activities) Act, 1979 defined 'proclamation' to mean the proclamation issued on March 19, 1970, under Article 356 of the Constitution by the President, and published with the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs No. G.S.R. 490 of the said date, Nishi Kanta Mondal v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 1497: (1972) 2 SCC 486: (1973) 1 SCR 224.