Defence Act, 1954
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Establishment of military prisons and detention barracks.
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232.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Minister to set apart any building or part of a building under the control of the Minister as a military prison or detention barrack and to declare that any such building or part of a building shall be a military prison or a detention barrack, as the case may be.
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(2) The powers of the Minister under this section may, during a period of emergency, be exercised by a prescribed officer.
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