law: Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980
  2. Definitions
  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
  (a) "appropriate government" means, as respects a detention
  
  order made by the Central Government or by an officer of the Central Government
  
  or person detained under such order, the Central Government, and as respects a
  
  detention order made by a State Government or by an officer of a State
  
  Government or as respect a person detained under such order, the State
  
  Government;
  (b) "detention order" means an order made under
  
  section 3;
  (c) "State Government" in relation to a  
  
   Union 
  
   Territory , means the
  
  administrator thereof.