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Section 6. Detention Orders not t o be invalid o r i noperative o n certain grounds

No detention order shall be invalid or inoperative merely by reason-

(a) That the person to be detained there under is outside the limits of the territorial jurisdiction of the authority making the order; or

(b) That the place of detention of such persons is outside such limits.

Explanation:-In this section and sections 7,8 and 9 the expression authority making the order means the State Government, the District Magistrate or as the case may be, the empowered officer exercising powers under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 3.