  bib no 63 of 1185 ,  the national security (amendment) bill, 1985 a billfurther to amend the national security act, 1980, in its application to the state of punjab and the union territcnw of chtmdigarh bait enacted by parliament in the thirty-sixth year of the republic f india as follows:-1 this act may be called the national security (amendment) act, ~rt 1985 i title 6s of 1'80 amendmedt 01 sectiaa 14a 5 z in the national security act, 1980, as applicable to the state of plmjab and the union territory of chandigarh, in sub-sectiodj (1) of 'section 14a, for {he figures, letters and words 113rd' day of april 1"', the figures, letters and words "3rd day of april, 1986" shall be substltuted  statement of objects and reasonsthe activities of the extremist and terrorist elements in the "disturbed areas" of punjab and chandlgarh continue to be a matter of seriouil concern to enable the administration to deal e1fectively with such elements in these "disturbed areas", the national security act, 1980 (65 of 1980), in its application to the state of punjab and the union territory of chandigarh was amended in 1984 by the national security (amendment) act, 1984 2 section 14a, as inserted by the said amendment act, speeifies the circumstances under which and the classes of cases in which a person may be detained, for a period longer than three months but not exceeding six months from the date' of his detention, without obtaining the opinion of an advisory board the provisions of the section apply at present only in the case of persons detained before the 3rd day of april 1985, s~nce the circumstances in which the section was inserte4 in 'the ,act, by 'and large, continue to exist, it is considered necessary to amend the section so as to bring within its purview persons who may be detained on or after the 3rd day  of april, 1985 but before the 3rd day of april, 1986 3 the bill seeks to achieve the above objective nf:w deim; s b chavan the 19th march, 1985 - (65 of 1980) - - - - - 14a (l) notyiitiistanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this act, any person in'respect of whom an order of detention has been made under this act at any time before the 3rd day of april, 1985 may be detained witho1\t obtaining the opiniol}' of the advisory board for a period longer than three months, but not exceeding six' months, from the date of 'his detentioll where such person had been detained with a view to preventing him trom acting, in any disturbed area, in 'any manner prejudicial to-(a) the defence of india; ,or (b) the security of india; ur (c) the security of the 'state; or cin:umstadcos in which persons may be detained forperlods longer than three months without obtaining tile opinion of (d) the maintenance of public order; or advisory essential to the boards (e) the maintenance of supplies and 'jervices community ezp14nation i-the provisions of the ezplanation to sub-section (2) of section 3 shall apply for the p~oses of this sub-section'ps they apply for the purposes of that sub-section ' ' 32 of 1983 33 of 1983 explanation 2-in this 8ub-section, "disturbed area" means any area which is for the time being declared by notification un'der section 3 01 the punjab disturbed areas act, 1983, or under section 3 of the chandi--garh disturbed areas act, 1983, to be a disturbed area - - - - - a biu further to amend the national security act, 1980, in its application to {he state of punjab and the union teltitory of chandigath (ljhrl s b chiawm, minister of home adiiir&)' 