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Section 18: Maximum period of detention.

The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 6 of 1978

[18. Maximum period of detention. ––(1) The maximum period for which any person may be detained in pursuance of any detention order which has been confirmed under section 17, shall be––

(a) [three months in the first instance which may be extended up to twelve months] from the date of detention in the case of persons acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order [x x x] ;

[(a-1) twelve months from the date of detention in the case of the persons indulging in smuggling of timber ; and]

(b) [six months in the first instance which may be extended up to two years] from the date of detention in the case of persons acting in any manner prejudicial to the security of the [Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir].

(2) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the powers of the Government to revoke or modify the detention order at any earlier time, or to extend the period of detention of a foreigner in case his expulsion from the [Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] has not been made possible.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978
Section18
Marginal noteMaximum period of detention.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act XII of 1988. . Substituted by Act XII of 1988, s. 2.
  • substituted, Act VII of 2012. . Substituted for the words “twelve weeks” by Act VII of 2012, s. 6.
  • omitted. . Words “or indulging in smuggling of timber ; and” deleted ibid.
  • inserted. . Clause (a-1) inserted ibid.
  • substituted. . Substituted for the words “two years” ibid.
  • substituted. . Substituted by S.O. 1229(E) dated 31.03.2020 for “State”.

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