Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
21. Repeal and saving.
ACT No. XXXV OF 1939.
- [PASSED `BY` THE INDIAN LEGISLATURE.] (Received the assenf `of` t%e Governor General m the 29th September, 1939.)
Act to provide for special measures to ellsure the public safety and interest and the defence of British India and for the - trial of certain offences.
HEREAS an emergency has arisen which renders it W necessary to provide for special measures `to` ensure the public safety and interest and the defence of British India and for the trial of certain offences ;
AND WHEREAS the Governor General in his discretion has declared by Proclamation under sub-section (1) of section 102 of the Goverlment of India Act, 1935, that a grave emergency exists whereby the security of India is threatened by war ;
T t is hereby enacted as follows :-
Source: India Code