! \  jib no 85 tit 11m the national security (second amendment) bill, 1984 a, biiljufth~r to tutllftd tm natttmal security :am; 1180 bit it enatwfi by parliament in the thirty-fifth year of the repubjic 5 of "intllil ai fbllows:-1 (i, thil act may be called the national security (second amendmerit) att; 1884 shortliu andcoiii mencement (2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the :n't day of jurle; 1!j8t 65 of 1t8o z iii the national security act, 1980 (hereinafter referred to as the insertion of new section 5a 10 pi1nci~al act), 3f~r sectfoti 5, the followjrlg seetion shall be inserted,  illi~1y:'-grounda of detention :  ii!verll£le "sa where r person has been detained in pur$wlti~t! of an brd8t til ditei1tion [whether made befwa or after the commence-15 ment ot' the national security (second amendment) act, 1984j under section 3 which has been made on two or more grounds, such  order ol cietentionsiiaii be w!ejjii!8' it, - hhe ;ht!~ mttl:ll! fii!parlltely on 'each of suchgrourias ahd heeora~g1~-·:'~':'\'· • ' '  ','-(4)' s~ch order shall n'ot ~':dee~ed't~ be invaiido~, in~pera-:to tive merely because one or some of the grounds is or are--(i) vague, (ii) non-ex~tent (iii) not relevant, (iv) not connected or not proximately connected with such ,person,·· or (u) invalid for any other reason whatsoever, and it is not, therefore, possible to hold that the government 5 or officer making such order would have been satisfied as provided in section 3 with reference to the remaining ground or grounds and made the order of detention; (b) the government or officer making the order of detention shall be deemed to have made the order of detention under i" the said section after being satisfied as provided in that section with reference to the remaining ground or grounds" 3 in section 14 of the principal act, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-amendment ot eetlon 14 "(2) the expiry or revocation of a detention order (hereafter 15 in this sub-section referred to as the earlier detention order) shall not [whether such earlier detention order has been made before or after the commencement of the national security (second amendment) act, 1984] bar the making of another detention order (hereafter in this sub-section referred to as the subsequent deten-2u tion order) under section 3 against the same person: " _ , \  provided that in a case where no fresh facts have arisen after the expiry or revocation of the earlier detention order made against such person, the maximum perjod for which such person may be detained in pursuance of the subsequent detention order shall, in 25 no case, extend beyond the expiry' 'of a period of twelve months from the date of detention under the earlier detention order" c in the principal act as applicable to the state of punjab and the union territory of chandigarh, in section 14a, in sub-eection <') ,: amendmeat of ~ ita ' (i) iii t,he opening portion, for the words and figures uaections 30 lo to 13", the words and figures "sections 10 to 14" shall be subeti tuted; (ii) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-'-:f!: ~ r , i, ~ (e) in section 1~, ill the proviso ~ aub-section (2), for the 35 words "twelve months", the words "two years" sha1l be substituted' repdal 5 (1) the national security (second amenciment)ordinabce, 19m, 6 of link an(ljavillp is hereby repealed (2) notwithstanding such repeal, an~h1d8 done or any ~on taken 40 under the principal act,  amended by the said ordinance,· sba11 be deemed to have been done or talam under the principal act, as· amen~ by thui act ne6l delhi· ,  2 page 3, line 16,-jhby 3' 1984 aravan? 9, 1906 (saka) to ulk sabra oobri gend a !q!: "savings" read ii saving" for "dtention" read ,lidetentiolt" --1 page 2, in the marginal heading to clause 5,-the natioiial security (seoohd ~~/illiid!;blit) bill, 1984-l-rro be/  s introduced in iclt §abha 7 the extraordinary situation which has arisen in some parts of the country ha$ necessitated the review of certain provisions of the national security act, 1980' (65 of 1980) difficulties had been encountered in impl!:'menting the provisions of the act, especially in areas where conditions are generally disturbed the state governments have also been asking for amendments to the act to remove these difficulties with a view to streamlining the working of the act" and making it more effective by enabling government to deal stringently with anti-national, extremist ~nd terrorist elements in the country, a's a!so for enabling the concerned autliorities to take preventive action which is required ih the prevailing circumstances and larger interestel of india, the president promulgateti the national security (second amendment) ordinance, 1984, on the 21st june, 1984 ' 2 the ordinance amended the national security act, 1980--(a) to provide that the different grounds of dtention shall be severable from each other so that the detention order is not vitiated  simply because iiome of the grounds are considered vague, nonexistent, not relevant, invalid or not connected or not proximately connected with the person detained such a provision already exists in the conservation of foreign exchange and prevention of smugglihg activities act, 1974 (sa of 1974); (b) to provide that the expiry or revocation of an earlier detention order shall not bar the making of a subsequent detention order against the same person subject to the condition that, where no fresh facts have arisen after the expiry or revocation of the earlier detention order, the maximum period for which a person may be detained in pu,rsuance of the subsequent detention order shall  not exceed the existing limit of rtbe maximum period of detention of twelve months from the date of the earlier detention order in the case of the application of the act to toe state, of punjab and the union territory of chandigarh, the said maximum period of deten  tion will be two years 3 the bill seeks to replace- the aforesaid ordinance new dzlhi; p v narasimha rao the 25th july, 1984  - - 14 (1) (85 of 1880) " - - - '" - '" - '" ,(2) the r~vocrltionor expit)r of a detenhon ord~r shall not bar the' revocation of detentioa orders tt\wh~ of a fresh <retention ord'er ulld~r section 3 against the same person in any clse where ~esh ~ads have arisen ak'ter ",e date of revocaito~ or e~pjry ~n which die central u~vemme~i ?t: a sia\e ~vem d1eftt or ali oftlcer ri\~tioned in sub-8ection (3) ot section 3, 'qs the case may be, is satisfied that such an 'o~ slioi'iid be incle  - - '" - lli '(1)  - '" '" '" '(2) in the eaiie of any ~n to whom sutjseclltm(h applies, 1ecttms 10 to 13 shalt have eft"eet subject fto the tblfowihg modiftcations, tild\~lj:-'" '" - - - circum· stances in which persons maybe detained torperioda longer than three montbil witbeut obtainin, the upj· - nion of advisol')' boards  , , a bill , ,  further to amend the national security act, 1980 , ' -(shti p v narabimha roo, minister of home affairs) , 