National Security Act : Definitions. Indian Bare Acts :

National Security Act,1980

Act No : 65

Section : Definitions.

2. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appropriate Government" means, as respects a detention order made by the Central Government or a person detained under such order, the Central Government, and as respects a detention order made by a State Government or by an officer subordinate to a State Government or as respects a person detained under such order, the State Government; (b) "detention order" means an order made under section 3; (c) "foreigner" has the same meaning as in the Foreigners Act, 1946 (31 of 1946); (d) "person" includes a foreigner; 468 (e) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof.