The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1988
The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1988
This Act empowers the government to order the preventive detention of individuals whose activities threaten the supply of essential commodities. Unlike criminal laws that punish past actions, this legislation focuses on stopping ongoing or future threats to the distribution of goods like food, fuel, and medicine. It applies to anyone engaging in hoarding, black marketing, or obstructing supply chains. For the ordinary citizen, this law serves as a safeguard against artificial shortages and price manipulation, ensuring that vital resources remain accessible and affordable by allowing authorities to swiftly remove bad actors from the market.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Power to make orders detaining certain persons
- 3. Execution of detention orders
- 4. Power to regulate place and conditions of detention
- 5. Grounds of detention severable
- 6. Detention orders not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds
- 7. Powers in relation to absconding persons
- 8. Grounds of orders of detention to be disclosed to persons affected by the order
- 9. Constitution of Advisory Board
- 10. Reference to Advisory Board
- 11. Procedure of Advisory Board
- 12. Action upon the report of the Advisory Board
- 13. Maximum period of detention
- 14. Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the power of the Government to revoke or modify the detention order at any earlier time.
- 15. Temporary release of persons detained
- 16. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 17. Repeal
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