Central Act

The Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980

2. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appropriate Government" means, as respects a detention order made by the Central Government or by an officer of the Central Government or a person detained under such order, the Central Government, and as respects a detention order made by a State Government or by an officer of a State Government or as respects a person detained under such order, the State Government; (b) "detention order" means an order made under section 3; (c) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof.