Definitions.
2. 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 a person detained under such order, the State Government; | |
(b) | “detention order” means an order made under section 3; | |
(c) | “foreigner” has the same meaning as in the Foreigners Act, 1946 (31 of 1946); | |
(d) | “Indian customs waters” has the same meaning as in clause (28) of section 2 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962); | |
(e) | “smuggling” has the same meaning as in clause (39) of section 2 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; | |
(f) | “State Government” in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof; | |
(g) | any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall, in relation to that State, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that State. |