The National Security Act `1980
An Act to provide for preventive detention in certain cases and for matters connected therewith.1980
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1Short title and extent2Definitions3Power to make orders detaining certain persons4Execution of detention orders5Power to regulate place and conditions of detention5AGrounds of detention severable6Detention orders not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds7Powers in relation to absconding persons8Grounds of order of detention to be disclosed to persons affected by the order9Constitution of Advisory Boards10Reference to Advisory Boards11Procedure of Advisory Boards12Action upon the report of the Advisory Board13Maximum period of detention14Revocation of detention orders14ACircumstances in which persons may be detained for periods longer than three months without obtaining the opinion of Advisory Boards15Temporary release of persons detained16Protection of action taken in good faith17Act not to have effect with respect to detentions under State laws18Repeal and saving