Under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980,…
Section 11(1) requires the Board to hear the detenu in person "if, in any particular case, it considers it essential so to do or if the person concerned desires to be…
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Under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980, the Advisory Board shall hear the person concerned in person:
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Correct answer C
Section 11(1) requires the Board to hear the detenu in person "if, in any particular case, it considers it essential so to do or if the person concerned desires to be heard". A hearing is thus not automatic in every case, but the detenu can insist on one; it does not depend on a Government direction or on the length of detention.