राजस्ट्री स० डा० 221 REGISTERED No. D. 221
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राजपत्र
The Gazette of India
असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II — खण्ड 1
PART II — Section 1
प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 2nd July, 1971/Asadha 11, 1893 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 2nd July, 1971, and is hereby published for general information:-
THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNAL SECURITY ACT, 1971
No. 26 OF 1971
[2nd July, 1971]
An Act to provide for detention in certain cases for the purpose of maintenance of internal security and matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Short title and extent. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Definitions 2. In this Act, unless the contest 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;
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