Section List

Act Number: 52

Act Name: The Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974

Year: 1974

Enactment Date: 1974-12-13

Long Title: An Act to provide for preventive detention in certain cases for the purposes of conservation and augmentation of Foreign Exchange and prevention of smuggling activities and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section NumberTitleActions
1 Short title, extent and commencement.
2 Definitions.
3 Power to make orders detaining certain persons.
4 Execution of detention orders.
5 Power to regulate place and conditions of detention.
5A Grounds of detention severable.
6 Detention orders not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds.
7 Powers in relation to absconding persons.
8 Advisory Boards.
9 Cases in which and circumstances under which persons may be detained for periods longer than three months without obtaining the opinion of Advisory Board.
10 Maximum period of detention.
10A Extension of period of detention.
11 Revocation of detention orders.
12 Temporary release of persons detained.
12A Special provisions for dealing with emergency.
13 Protection of action taken in good faith.
14 Repeal.
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