Under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980,…
The words "for such period as it thinks fit" in s.12(1) give the appropriate Government discretion over how long the confirmed detention continues. That discretion is capped…
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Under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980, the phrase "for such period as it thinks fit" indicates that the appropriate Government has:
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The words "for such period as it thinks fit" in s.12(1) give the appropriate Government discretion over how long the confirmed detention continues. That discretion is capped by s.13, which fixes six months from the date of detention as the maximum; the seven-week period in s.11 is only the time for the Board's report.