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1 [17. Detention orders against any slumlord, bootlegger or drug-offender or dangerous persons to be made under this Act and not under National Security Act. No order of detention under the National Security Act, 1980 (LXV of 1980), shall be made by the State Government or any of its officer under that Act,- ( a ) on and after the commencement of this Act, in respect of any slumlord, bootlegger or drugoffender ; 2 [* * *]. (b) on and after the commencement of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers and Drug-offenders (Amendment) Act, 1996 (XXIX of 1996), in respect of any dangerous person, on the ground of preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order, where an order of detention may be or can be made against such person under this Act ; ] 3 [* * *] 4 [( c ) on and after the commencement of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-offenders and Dangerous persons (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Mah. XXIV of 2009), in respect of any video pirate, ] 5 [and] 6 [( d ) on and after the commencement of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-offenders, Dangerous persons and video pirates (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Mah. V of 2016), in respect of any sand smugglers.]