Act Number: 65

Act Name: The National Security Act, 1980

Year: 1980

Enactment Date: 1980-12-27

Long Title: An Act to provide for preventive detention in certain cases and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
     (a) "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;
     (b) "detention order" means an order made under section 3;
     (c) "foreigner" has the same meaning as in the Foreigners Act, 1946 (31 of 1946);
     (d) "person" includes a foreigner;
     (e) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof.
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