The Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (Amendment) Ordinance, 1975

;ff~. ll•~ Jf~i{ I • • • NEWDELHl T~ES, "' . 1 ' IS?S,!A'."IJ 10, 1897 , DAY, JULY x, x975/ASADHA xo, 1897 Ml~STR. · .. Y OF LAW, ;JUSTICE AND COMPAMV • • . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - n,i..., .a.. ~FF AIRS · . . .. _, . •. . • (Legislative Departmeot) • •• , • N~ Delh:i, the; 1:;t July, 1975/Asadha 1(), 1897 (Saka) • THE ·CONSERVATION QE FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND _ PREVENTION OF SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES . ·• ;·•. . (~ENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 1975 No. 6 OF 1975 · Promulgated.by the President in the Twenty-:sixth Year of the Republic of India~ . - - • • . An Ordin_arice to·amen~ the C~n~~rvation of Foreign Exchange ar_id Prevention of Smuggling A.ctiv1ties Act, 1974, '• ·• ·WHEREAS a grave elllergency exists whereby the security pf I_ndia is threatened by external aggression and internal disturbance; A.ND wm:JlEAS,Pm-liament is not in session and the Pr~sident is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to ta!,rn imme- diate action; _. . r--f ow, nn;REFoap;, in exercise of ~e powers conferred by clause (1) of • . arti~le 123 of the ConsiitJ.1tion, the Presideµ.t _is pleased to promulgate the . _-followi~g Orainan~: ~ • • • ' •• • :f ( I) This Ordinance may be called the Conservation pf Foreign SIJ.Qrt . 'J;;xcharige aDd Prevention of s,nuggling Adirilies (Aro,ndn>ent) "i' Otfi•,. :::,;::,.._ nan9.e; _1975.. • • • • • •' -• ment. ,·,,:: ·: . . . •···:): , ; • •• :·,~·-'.: ·· f I. i l I ,. I 22-2 ·· 1. - . ◄• • ' . . ~: , . (2) It" shlill come into force at once. Act 52 2. During the period of operation pf this Ord~ance, ~~ ~onservation of 1974 of Foreign Exchange -~ } E{re~~ntion• of Smuggling Activities A~ 1974 !~;ora- (hereinafter r~ferred t<> aii; the 'principal Act), shall have effect subJect .te rily the amendments speci6.ed :fo'•·sections 3, 4 and 5. amended. • • • Insertion 3. Aft~r section s~-~~ th~ prihriipal Act; ihe.·tQilowing :sedma ·sliall be of new inserted, namely:- • - •• ,,, section 5A. - , ., • ~·1· Grounds "5A Where a person has been detained in pursuance -df. an order of deten- of detention under- sub~section (1) of . section 3 which has been made tion seve- on two or more grounds, such order ·of detention .shall be ,deemed to rable. have been made separately on-each of such grounds and accor.dingly- Amend­ ment of section 12. 'lnser- • tion of new sec­ •tion 12A. 'Special provi­ sions for dealing ·with • ,emergency. f (a) such order shall nofbe deemed tn be invalid or inope­ • rative merely because one or some of the .grounds is .or are- • . . . \. ; .) ·- .. . ·- ···- .. (i) vague, ' • _ ... 1J i . ,• ; ,, I ,, .. ; (ii)· non-existen~. _ • ,r .,. • '• ' • • .. ·,· . _.J .• . ... • . • . (iii) • not relevant, :: ; ,; ;\J :'/]; • • (iv) ri~t connelc'ted ?-',it. ''11 'sftcl( pe'i·son, or ' • ~r ~t proximately connected with - (v) invalid f9r· any other. reason whatso~ve1;,_: __ - -·::, •. -and, it. is -not therefore possible to hold that the Govenun:ent m officer making such order would have been satisfied as provided in sub-section .(i) of section 3 with reference to the remaining ground· ot grounds arid made the order of detentimr, ,. • (b) the Government or omcer making· the . order ,of deten- , tion shall be deemed to have made the order of detention under the said sub-section (1) after being satisfied; as provided in that sub-section with reference to the. remaining ground ·oc grounds.". 4. In se~tion 12 of the ,pl'llµ!ipal Act, after sub-section °(5), tlie fol- lowing sub-section shall be i~rted, napiely:- • • • "(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in :mzy 1>'ther law and. save as otherwise provided in this section, no person against whom a detention order made. under this Act .is -~ ~orce sb.1$. be released whether on bail ·tSr bail borid or otherwise.~'.- • • ., . . . . • . . • . . . ;, : . • . • 5. After section 12 of the principal Act, th~Lfollowing section sllall. be J inserted, namely: - .·. • • • : ~12A (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in tbis Act or any rules. of natural justice, the provisions of this section shall have effect during the peri~d. _of operation of the Proclamation -nf 'Emergency issued under clause (1) of article 352 of the Constitution on the 3rd day of December, ·1971, or the Proc1amation of Emergency issued under that clause on the 25th day of June, 1975, or a peri<td of twelve months from the 25tll __ c;lay of June, 1975, whichever ~riod is =the shortest. • • :a-c.·1] - 'I'BB GA'7- •• • •• • • ·· -•~A,"--~ Q'R' INDIA ,..._ - =-- - - · le., . - , -,..dtAORnINARy . . - • .2.?-3 • ' (2) When making- an O cl - - any person after the comm:~~ of . q~tention under this -Act against Exchange and Prevention.of S me~~ of the Conservation of Foreign nance, 1975, the Central Gov€::.:· ~g ActiVities (Amendment) Ordi- . ihe case may be, the officer k" 11\ or the State Government or as der whether the detention ~a 1 ~g \he order of detention shall co~si­ for dealing effectively wit~ t~U<; • person under this Act is necessary Proclamations referred to i e:me~gency in respect of which the _after in this section referred~ su :~tion ( l) have been issued (here- , deration, the Central Gover O as t e emergenc:,t) and if, on such consi­ ,:, . case may be, the officer is s:::~~ or the_ 8:ate Government or, as the person· for effectively dealin . ·th t~t it is necessary to detain such or officer may make a decl g ;1 .t e emergency, that Government . copy of the declaration t thara wn. to that effect and communicate a 0 e person concerned: :1· . ~ - ~~~1\ ,• , . • • Provided that where ·such d ( ; • • . • . • · . be reviewed by th •• ·; ec ~ration is made by an officer, it shall the date of makin e o~Pf::pnate G:>vernment within fifteen days from h ff g declaration and such declaration shall cease : to . ave e ·tehc_t unhless it is confirm~d by tha:t Government after such .review, Wl m t e said period of fifteen days. ' • (3) The questio~ whether the detention of any person in respect •·of whom a declaration has been, made under sub-section (2) continues ;to be. ~e_cessar)" f?r _ effectively dealing with the ~mergency shall be .-reconsidered by the appropriate Government within four months from • the date of such dedaration and thereafter at intervals not exceeding .four moriths, and if, on such reconsideration, it appears to the appro- • priate Government that the detention of 'the person is no longer neces­ . • sary for ,effectively dealing with the emergency, that Government may • •. :revoke the, decJaration. . • • • • (4) In makirig ·any consideration, review or-reconsideration under ~stib-sectfori• (2) ·or '(3), the appropriate Government or officer may, if .. such Government or officer considers it to be against the public interest • •; to do otherwise, · act • oh the basis of the information and materials in -its or his possession without disclosing the facts or giving an oppor­ tunity of malting , a r~p,resel)t.attqn, to, the person concerned. • ·' (5) 'it shall n'6t be ,necessarri to disclose to any person detained under a .detention order to which the provisions of sub-s~ction (2) apply, the grounds on which the order has been made during the ·peri'.od 'the declaratiort made in respect of such person under that sub- ; :section is in force, and, accordingily, such period shall not be taken .into account for the purposes of sub-section (3) of section 3- ·. . _. _ , ,( 6) In. the·-~ase of! ~very person ~etained urider a. detention ord~r · ... i<rto· which the provisions of sub-section (2) apply, bemg a person_ m - t f _· h a declaration has been made thereunder, the period respec o -w om . . · be k · · ' ' ' -during which such declaratioi;i }s . in force shall not ta en mto -:~_: ___ .:==~~~ountJ~r. ~}?-~ p~r:pe>_~ o! c~pPU.!~ng_-:- .. __ ... . __ . _ a · ,· :· r, , ; ; r ;: ;-.-· _•:,; ,.:."; : .- . ·a··:· • pe. 'citied ;iri 'tla\isis :(6fancf'(h'qfi'!le¢f!tin 8; , .. • \ i) the peno s s . . - - • - ... .. •-.. • · • ' .. • • • . . • ' • f .,.,J. • • • • • • • l ' • ' . .. . ' • i ' ... -. • . . • • . ,. • • • • Tim t1A2:r.i'TE OF INDIA ·EXTl'lAORDINARY'.. [PART II-Ssc; ~tJ- • .. • . ' .. • (ii) thE! periods of "one year'' and "five weeks'' sPecified in sub-section ( 1), the period of -''one year'' specified in sub-section (2)(i), and the period of ''six-rnonths"specified-in sub-sectioil. (3), of section 9.'. • • ·- ·• .:~"- • •• ... . . . ' ........ • ; .. • .. ... •. . . ' • .. .. • • •• •. .. • .. .. . , ... , .. . • • • • .. • • .I ., • . . . ' • ,. v . . . .. . . . . • . .. • • ., ' .. ~.• .. ~ ..... \·-, : ... ' .. . . ' • A' . ' - • .. • •• { ' .. •• .• - • • •' • • • • ·- . · . .. • • • .. . _. . . . .. .. . . , • . . ,,. ) FAKHRUDDIN ALl -AHMED ... ..· .. .. ... -.. ' .. -. . ' •' . ( • . . ... .. .. .• • - ,. ' .• President. .. ~ ,,_ ... .,. • • • ·K. K. 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