The CONSERVATION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND PREVENTION OF SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES ACT, 1974

Sections

Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) It shall come into force on such date1(being a date not later than the twentieth day of December, 1974), as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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  1. 1.Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2.Definitions.
  3. 3.Power to make orders detaining certain persons.
  4. 4.Execution of detention orders.
  5. 5.Power to regulate place and conditions of detention.
  6. 5A.Grounds of detention severable.
  7. 6.Detention orders not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds.
  8. 7.Powers in relation to absconding persons.
  9. 8.Advisory Boards.
  10. 9.Cases in which and circumstances under which persons may be detained for periods longer than three months without obtaining the opinion of Advisory Board.
  11. 10.Maximum period of detention.
  12. 10A.Extension of period of detention.
  13. 11.Revocation of detention orders.
  14. 12.Temporary release of persons detained.
  15. 12A.Special provisions for dealing with emergency.
  16. 13.Protection of action taken in good faith.
  17. 14.Repeal.