Srinagar, May 22: Governor N. N. Vohra has
promulgated: “The Jammu and Kashmir (Preventive Detention Laws)
Ordinance, 2018”. The object of the Ordinance is to harmonise the procedure for
the selection and appointment of Chairman and Members of the Advisory Board to
be constituted under the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978; J&K Prevention of
Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act 1998;
and J&K Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act 1988 and bring it broadly in line with the provisions of J&K
Accountability Commission Act 2002 And J&K Consumer Protection Act
1997.
The Ordinance also further provides for the constitution of
a Search-cum-Selection Committee of senior officers which would recommend
persons for the selection and appointment to the positions of Chairman and
other Members of the Advisory Boards constituted under the
aforesaid legislations.
The
Ordinance provides for consultation of the Chief Justice of the High Court in
the case of selection and appointment only of a sitting judge of the High Court
or sitting District and Sessions Judge as Chairman or Member(s) of the Advisory
Board. It is expected that the enactment of this legislation shall provide a
wider choice of retired eligible persons who could be considered for selection
and appointment to the positions of Chairman and other Members of the Advisory
Boards to be constituted under the aforesaid legislations.
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