Section 3. Circumstances in which an Indian soldier shall be deemed to be serving under special conditions

3. Circumstances in which an Indian soldier shall be deemed to be serving under special conditions. —For the purposes of this. Act, an Indian soldier shall be deemed to be or, as the case may be, to have been serving— (a) under special conditions—when he is or has been serving under war conditions, or overseas, or at any place[7] [beyond India][8] [or at any such place within India as may be specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette]; (b) under war conditions—when he is or has been, at any time during the continuance of any hostilities declared by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette to constitute a state of war for the purposes of this Act or at any time during a period of six months thereafter,— (i) serving out of India,