Under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980,…
Section 14(2) allows a fresh order where fresh facts have arisen on which "the Central Government or a State Government or an officer, as the case may be, is satisfied" that…
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Under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980, who must be satisfied that a fresh detention order should be made on new facts?
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Correct answer C
Section 14(2) allows a fresh order where fresh facts have arisen on which "the Central Government or a State Government or an officer, as the case may be, is satisfied" that such an order should be made. The satisfaction is that of the detaining authority, not of a Magistrate, the police or the Advisory Board, which reviews orders only after they are made.