law: Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974
  8. Advisory Board -
  For the purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (4), and sub-clause
  
  (c) of clause (7) of article 22 of the Constitution, --
  a. The Central Government and each State
  
  Government shall, wherever necessary, constitute one or more Advisory Boards
  
  each of which shall consist of a Chairman and two other persons possessing the
  
  qualifications specified in sub-clause (a) of clause (4) of article 22 of the
  
  Constitution ;
  b. Save as otherwise provided in section 9,
  
  the appropriate Government shall, within five weeks from the date of detention
  
  of a person under a detention order make a reference in respect thereof to the
  
  Advisory Board constituted under clause (a) to enable the Advisory Board to
  
  make the report under sub-clause (a) of clause (4) of article 22 of the
  
  Constitution ;
  c. The Advisory Board to which a reference is
  
  made under clause (b) shall after considering the reference and the materials
  
  placed before it and after calling for such further information as it may deem
  
  necessary from the appropriate Government or from any person called for the
  
  purpose through the appropriate Government, from the person concerned, and if,
  
  in any particular case, it considers it essential so to do or if the person
  
  concerned desires to be heard in person, after hearing him in person, prepare
  
  its report specifying in a separate paragraph thereof its opinion as to whether
  
  or not there is sufficient cause for the detention of the person concerned and
  
  submit the same within eleven weeks from the date of detention of the person
  
  concerned ;
  d. When there is a difference of opinion among
  
  the members forming the Advisory Board the opinion of the majority of such
  
  members shall be deemed to be the opinion of the Board ;
  e. A person against whom an order of detention
  
  has been made under this Act shall not be entitled to appear by any legal
  
  practitioner in any matter connected with the reference to the Advisory Board,
  
  and the proceedings of the Advisory Board and its report, excepting that part
  
  of the report in which the opinion of the Advisory Board is specified, shall be
  
  confidential ;
  f. In every case where the Advisory Board has
  
  reported that there is in its opinion sufficient cause for the detention of a
  
  person, the appropriate Government may confirm the detention order and continue
  
  the detention of the person concerned for such period as it thinks fit and in
  
  every case where the Advisory Board has reported that there is in its opinion
  
  no sufficient cause for the detention of the person concerned, the appropriate
  
  Government shall revoke the detention order and cause the person to be released
  
  forthwith.