REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette 
of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 60} NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1962/AGRAHAYANA 2, 1884
MINISTRY OF LAW
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 12th December, 1962/Agrahayana 21, 1884 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 12th December, 1962, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE DEFENCE OF INDIA ACT, 1962
No. 51 OF 1962
An Act to provide for special measures to ensure the public safety and interest, the defence of India and civil defence and for the trial of certain offences and for matters connected therewith.
Whereas the President has declared by Proclamation under clause (1) of article 352 of the Constitution that a grave emergency exists whereby the security of India is threatened by external aggression;
And Whereas it is necessary to provide for special measures to ensure the public safety and interest, the defence of India and civil defence and for the trial of certain offences and for matters connected therewith;
Be it, therefore, enacted by Parliament in the Thirteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Short title, extent, application, duration and savings. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Defence of India Act, 1962.
(2) It extends to the whole of India and it applies also—
- (a) to citizens of India outside India;
- (b) to persons in the service of the Government, wherever they may be;
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