National Security Act 1980 Section 18 : Repeal and saving : (1) The National Security Ordinance, 1980 (Ord. 11 of 1980), is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done…
National Security Act 1980 Section 17 : Act not to have effect with respect to detentions under State laws : (1) Nothing in this Act shall apply or have any effect with respect to orders of detention, made under any State law, which are in…
National Security Act 1980 Section 16 : Protection of action taken in good faith : No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or a State Government, and no suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person, for…
National Security Act 1980 Section 15 : Temporary release of persons detained : (1) The appropriate Government may, at any time, direct that any person detained in pursuance of a detention order may be released for any specified period either without conditions or upon such…
National Security Act 1980 Section 14-A : 1.[Circumstances in which persons may be detained for periods longer than three months without obtaining the opinion of Advisory Boards : (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Act, or in any judgment, decree or…
National Security Act 1980 Section 14 : Revocation of detention orders : (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), a detention order may, at any time, be revoked or modified, (a) notwithstanding that the…
National Security Act 1980 Section 13 : Maximum period of detention : The maximum period for which any person may be detained in pursuance of any detention order which has been confirmed under section 12 shall be twelve months from the date of detention: Provided…
National Security Act 1980 Section 12 : Action upon the report of the Advisory Board : (1) In any case where the Advisory Board has reported that there is, in its opinion, sufficient cause for the detention of a person, the appropriate Government may confirm…
National Security Act 1980 Section 11 : Procedure of Advisory Boards : (1) The Advisory Board shall, after considering the materials placed before it and, after calling for such further information as it may deem necessary from the appropriate Government or from any person called…
National Security Act 1980 Section 10 : Reference to Advisory Boards : Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, in every case where a detention order has been made under this Act, the appropriate Government shall, within three weeks from the date of detention…
National Security Act 1980 Section 9 : Constitution of Advisory Boards : (1) The Central Government and each State Government shall, whenever necessary, constitute one or more Advisory Boards for the purposes of this Act. (2) Every such Board shall consist of three persons who…
National Security Act 1980 Section 8 : Grounds of order of detention to be disclosed to persons affected by the order : (1) When a person is detained in pursuance of a detention order, the authority making the order shall, as soon as may be,…
National Security Act 1980 Section 7 : Powers in relation to absconding persons : (1) If the Central Government or the State Government or an officer mentioned in sub-section (3) of section 3, as the case may be, has reason to believe that a person…
National Security Act 1980 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…
National Security Act 1980 Section 5A : 1.[Grounds of detention severable : Where a person has been detained in pursuance of an order of detention whether made before or after the commencement of the National Security (Second Amendment) Act, 1984 (60 of 1984)] under section…
National Security Act 1980 Section 5 : Power to regulate place and conditions of detention : Every person in respect of whom a detention order has been made shall be liable (a) to be detained in such place and under such conditions, including conditions as…
National Security Act 1980 Section 4 : Execution of detention orders : A detention order may be executed at any place in India in the manner provided for the execution of warrants of arrest under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
National Security Act 1980 Section 3 : Power to make orders detaining certain persons : (1) The Central Government or the State Government may,— (a) if satisfied with respect to any person that with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial…
National Security Act 1980 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…
National Security Act 1980 Act No. 65 Of 1980 Statement of Objects and Reasons : In the prevailing situation of communal disharmony, social tensions, extremist activities, industrial unrest and increasing tendency on the part of various interested parties to engineer agitation on different issues, it…