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PUBLIC SAFETY ACT, 1978

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[1][(c) “smuggling” in relation to timber means possessing or carrying of illicit timber and includes any act which will render the timber liable to confiscation under Forest Act, Samvat 1987 or under the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act, 1958, as the case may be ;]
[2][(d) “timber” means timber of Fir, Kail, Chir or Deodar tree whether in logs or cut up in pieces but does not include firewood ;]
[3][(e) “Liquor” includes all alcoholic beverages including beer ;]
[4][(f) “person” shall not include a citizen of India who has not attained the age of eighteen years for being detained under clauses (a) and (a-1) thereof].
(4) When any order is made under this section by an officer mentioned in sub-section (2), he shall forthwith report the fact to the Government together with the grounds on which the order has been made and such other particulars as in his opinion have a bearing on the matter, and no such order shall remain in force for more than twelve days after the making thereof unless in the meantime it has been approved by the Government.

9. Execution of detention orders.–– A detention order may be executed at any place in the manner provided for the execution of warrants of arrest under the Code.

10. Power to regulate place and conditions.–– Any person in respect of whom a detention order has made under section 8 shall be liable––

(a) to be detained in such place and under such conditions including conditions as to the maintenance of discipline as the Government may, by general or special order, specify, and
(b) to be removed from one place of detention to another place of detention [5][x x x x] by order of the Government :
[6][Provided that the detnues who are permanent residents of the State shall not be lodged in jails outside the State.]

  1. Clause (c) substituted by Act VIII of 2001, s. 2.
  2. Clause (d) inserted by Act IV of 1985, s. 3.
  3. Clause (e) inserted by Act VIII of 2001, s. 2.
  4. Clause (f) inserted by Act VII of 2012, s. 2.
  5. Words “in the State” omitted by Act VIII of 2002, s. 2.
  6. Proviso inserted ibid.