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(iii) such other country as may be declared by the Central Government to be assisting the country committing such aggression;

(iv) any person belonging to such other country;

(d) "enemy territory" means—

(i) any area which is under the sovereignty of a country referred to in sub-clause (i), or a country referred to in sub-clause (iii), of clause (c) of this section;

(ii) any area which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify to be enemy territory for the purposes of this Act or any rule made thereunder;

(e) "military operations" mean the operations of the Armed Forces of the Union;

(f) "occupied territory" means any territory of India which is for the time being in the occupation of a country referred to in sub-clause (i) or a country referred to in sub-clause (iii), of clause (c) of this section;

(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(h) "Proclamation of Emergency" means the Proclamation issued under clause (7) of article 352 of the Constitution on the 26th October, 1962;

(i) "State Government" in relation to a Union territory means the administrator thereof.

CHAPTER II
EMERGENCY POWERS

Power to make rules. 3. (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make such rules as appear to it necessary or expedient for securing the defence of India and civil defence, the public safety, the maintenance of public order or the efficient conduct of military operations, or for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by sub-section (1), the rules may provide for, and may empower any authority to make orders providing for, all or any of the following matters, namely:—

(1) ensuring the safety and welfare of the Armed Forces of the Union, ships and aircrafts and preventing the prosecution of any work likely to prejudice the operations of the Armed Forces of the Union;

(2) prohibiting anything likely to prejudice the training, discipline er health of the Armed Forces of the Union;