Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Declaration of the State Government.— If the State Government is satisfied that a situation has arisen in which it is necessary or expedient to secure — (i) the public safety; (ii) the maintenance of public order or of the services and supplies essential to the life of the community; or (iii) the relief of distress caused by serious drought, flood, fire or other natural calamity, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make a declaration to that effect and such declaration shall continue to be in force till it is rescinded.