Section 8: Grounds of order of detention to be disclosed to persons affected by the order.

The Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1981.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 55 of 1981

(1) When a person is detained in pursuance of a detention order, the authority making the order shall, as soon as may be, but not later than five days from the date of detention, communicate to him the grounds on which the order has been made and shall afford him the earliest opportunity of making a representation against the order to the State Government.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall require the authority to disclose facts which it considers to be against the public interest to disclose.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1981.
Section	8
Marginal note	Grounds of order of detention to be disclosed to persons affected by the order.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
Status	In force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1981. is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.