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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "appropriate Government" means, as respects a detention order made by 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 subordinate to 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) "foreigner" has the same meaning as in the Foreigners Act, 1946; (d) "State Government", in relation to a Union Territory, means the administrator thereof; (e) 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.