Section 6: Detention Orders not t o be invalid o r i noperative o n certain grounds

The Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act, 1995, Act No. 5 of 1995State Act of Meghalaya · Act 5 of 1995

No detention order shall be invalid or inoperative merely by reason-

(a) That the person to be detained there under is outside the limits of the territorial jurisdiction of the authority making the order; or

(b) That the place of detention of such persons is outside such limits.

Explanation:-In this section and sections 7,8 and 9 the expression authority making the order means the State Government, the District Magistrate or as the case may be, the empowered officer exercising powers under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 3.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act, 1995, Act No. 5 of 1995
Section	6
Marginal note	Detention Orders not t o be invalid o r i noperative o n certain grounds
Jurisdiction	State of Meghalaya
Status	In force as published by the source

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