Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Oovernment may, if satisfied with respect to any communal offender make an that with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the order doteIn- maintenance of public order it is necessary so to do, mske an ordcr direct ing that bg cornmu- such person be detained. ma1 omen ders . (2) If, having regard to-tbc circumstances prevailing or likely to prevail in any area within the local In116. of the jurisdiction of the District Magistrate, the ~ ~ v e r n r n e a t is satisfied that lt is necessary so to do, it may, by order jn writing, direct that, during such p~riod a6 may bc specified in the order, such District Magistrate may ~$0, if satlsficd as provided in sub-scction (11, exercise the powers conferred by thc sa~d sub-section: provided that the period specified in an order made'by the Government under this sub-section shall not, in the first instance, exceed three month, but tht O~vernment may, if 6atided as aforesaid that it is necessary GLI to do, amend such order to extcnd Bu~h period from time to time by any peri~d not exceeding three months at any onc time. (3) When any detention order is m3de by a District Magistrate, 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 nosuch order shall remain in force for more thanfifteen days after the making theeof unless, in the meantimu, it has been approved by the Govcrnment. *For the 13ill me Odsm Gazette, Utmo-, dated the 7th April 1993 (No. 477) axecullon d dttdlon order. Power to regula le place end condiliofls of deteal!on.