Temporary release of persons detained. 15. (1) The appropriate Government may, at any time, direct that any person detained in pursuance of a detention order may be released for any's specified period either without conditions or upon such conditions specified in the direction as that person accepts, and may, at any time, cancel his release.
(2) In directing the release of any person under sub-section (1), the appropriate Government may require him to enter into a bond with or without sureties for the due observance of the conditions specified in the direction.
(3) Any person released under sub-section (1) shall surrender himself at the time and place, and to the authority, specified in the order directing his release or cancelling his release, as the case may be.
(4) If any person fails without sufficient cause to surrender himself in the manner specified in sub-section (3), he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
(5) If any person released under sub-section (1) fails to fulfil any of the conditions imposed upon him under the said sub-section or in the bond entered into by him, the bond shall be declared to be forfeited and any person bound thereby shall be liable to pay the penalty thereof.
Protection of action taken in good faith. 16. No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or a State Government, and no suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person, for anything in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act.
Act not to have effect with respect to detentions under State laws.
17. (1) Nothing in this Act shall apply or have any effect with respect to orders of detention; made under any State law, which are in force immediately before the commencement of the National Security Ordinance, 198011 of 1980., and accordingly every person in respect of whom an order of detention made under any State law is in force immediately before such commencement; shall be governed with respect to such detention by the provisions of such State law or where the State law under which such order of detention is made is an Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the State Ordinance) promulgated by the Governor of that State and the State Ordinance has been replaced—
- (i) before such commencement, by an enactment passed by the Legislature of that State, by such enactment; or
- (ii) after such commencement, by an enactment which is passed by the Legislature of that State and the application of which is confined to orders of detention made before such commencement under the State Ordinance, by such enactment,
as if this Act had not been enacted.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to bar the making under section 3; of a detention order against any person referred to in sub-section (1) after the detention order in force in respect of him as aforesaid immediately before the commencement of the National Security Ordinance, 198011 of 1980., ceases to have effect for any reason whatsoever.
