Under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980,…
Section 6(a) provides that no detention order shall be invalid or inoperative merely because the person to be detained is outside the limits of the territorial jurisdiction…
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Under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980, a detention order shall not be invalid merely because the person to be detained is:
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Correct answer B
Section 6(a) provides that no detention order shall be invalid or inoperative merely because the person to be detained is outside the limits of the territorial jurisdiction of the Government or officer making it. Failing to give the grounds within the s.8 time limit, denying a representation or holding a person beyond the six-month maximum in s.13 are real defects that s.6 does not cure.