Section 6: Power to revoke or modify detention order

6. Power to revoke or modify detention order .___ (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (X of 1897), a detention order may, at any time, be revoked or modified:— (a) by the Government by which such order was made; or (b) by the Federal Government if the order was made by any of its officers or by any Provincial Government or any officer of that Government. (2) The revocation, otherwise than on the recommendation of the Review Board, of a detention order against any person, or the expiry of any such order, shall not bar the making, against the same person and on the same grounds, of a fresh detention order: Provided that a person shall not be detained under successive orders on the same grounds for a period-exceeding three months in the aggregate unless the Review Board has reported before the expiration of the said period that there is, in its opinion, sufficient cause for such detention. Explanation.___ In computing the aggregate period of three months, there shall be excluded any period for which the person concerned has been detained with the aut hority of the Review Board under section 5.

Effective date: 1977-01-01

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