Section 2. Definitions

2. Definitions .―In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,― (a) "armed forces" means the military forces and the air forces operating as land forces, and includes any other armed forces of the Union so operating; (b) "disturbed area" means an area which is for the time being declared by notification under section 3 to be a disturbed area; (c) all other words and expressions used herein, but not defined and defined in the Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), or the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts. 6 [3. Power to declare areas to be disturbed areas.― If, in relation to any State or Union territory to which this Act extends, the Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Union territory or the Central Government, in either case, is of the opinion that the whole or any part of such State or Union territory, as the case may be, is in such a disturbed or dangerous condition that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is necessary, the Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Union territory or the Central Government, as the case may be, may, by notification* in the Official Gazette, declare the whole or such part of such State or Union territory to be a disturbed area.]