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 6: Detention orders not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds.
    No detention order shall be invalid or inoperative merely by reason—
         (a) that the person to be detained thereunder is outside the limits of the territorial jurisdiction of the Government or officer making the order, or
         (b) that the place of detention of such person is outside the said limits.
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