(1) When a person is detained in pursuance of a detention order, the authority making the order shall, as soon as may be, but ordinarily not later than five days and in exceptional circumstances and for reasons to be recorded in writing, not later than fifteen 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 appropriate Government.
(2) Nothing hi sub-section 0) shall require the authority to disclose facts which it considers to be against the public interest to disclose.
Constitution of Advisorj Boards.
9, (1) The Central Government and each State Government shall, whenever necessary, constitute one or more Advisory Boards for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) Every such Board shall consist of three persons who are, or have been, or are qualified to be appointed as, judges of a High Court, and such persons shall be appointed by the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be.
(3) The appropriate Government shall appoint one of the members of the Advisory Board who is, or has been, a Judge of a High Court to be its Chairman, and in the case of a Union territory the appointment to the Advisory Board, of any person who is a Judge of the High Court of a State shall be with the previous approval of the State Government concerned.
Reference to Advisory Boards.
10. Save as otherwise expressly provided im this Ordinance, in every case where a detention order has been made under this Ordinance, the appropriate Government shall, within thirty days from the date of detention under the order, place before the Advisory Board constituted by it under section 9 the grounds on which the order has been made and the representation, if any, made by the person affected by the order, and in «ase -where the order has been made by an officer, also the report by such ofllcw under sub-section (3) of section 3.
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