Act Number: 7

Act Name: The Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980

Year: 1980

Enactment Date: 1980-02-12

Long Title: An Act to provide for detention in certain cases for the purpose of prevention of blackmarketing and maintenance of supplies of commodities essential to the community and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Consumer Affairs

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 by an officer of 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 of 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) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof.
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