Section 2 of the Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 – Definitions

Home › The Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities 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 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.

Source: official text of The Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980.

Related posts:

  1. The Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 – All Sections
  2. Section 3 of the Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 – Power to make orders detaining certain persons
  3. Section 5 of the Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 – Power to regulate place and conditions of detention
  4. Section 14 of the Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 – Revocation of detention orders