law: National Security Act, 1980
  17. Act not to have effect with respect to
  
  detentions under State laws
  (1) Nothing in this Act shall apply or have
  
  any effect with respect to orders of detention, made under any State law, which
  
  are in force immediately before the commencement of the National Security
  
  Ordinance, 1980, and accordingly every person in respect of whom an order of
  
  detention made under any State law is in force immediately before such
  
  commencement, shall be governed with respect to such detention by the
  
  provisions of such State law or where the State law under which such order of
  
  detention is made is an Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the State
  
  Ordinance) promulgated by the Governor of that State and the State Ordinance
  
  has been replaced-
  ( i )
  
  before such commencement, by an enactment passed by the Legislature of that
  
  State, by such enactment; or
  (ii) after such commencement,
  
  by an enactment which is passed by the Legislature of that State and the
  
  application of which is confined to orders of detention made before such
  
  commencement under the State Ordinance, by such enactment.
  as if this Act had not
  
  been enacted.
  (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to
  
  bar the making under section 3, of a detention order against any person
  
  referred to in sub-section (1) after the detention order in force in respect of
  
  him as aforesaid immediately before the commencement of the National Security
  
  Ordinance, 1980, ceases to have effect for any reason whatsoever.
  Explanation.- For the purposes of
  
  this section, "State law" means any law providing for preventive
  
  detention on all or any of the grounds on which an order of detention may be
  
  made under sub-section (2) of section 3 and in force in any State immediately
  
  before the commencement of the said Ordinance.