Grounds of detention severable.
Section – 5A. Where a person has been detained in pursuance of an order of detention under sub-section (1) of section 3 which has been made on two or more grounds, such order of detention shall be deemed to have been made separately on each of such grounds and accordingly—
| (a) | such order shall not be deemed to be invalid or inoperative merely because one or some of the grounds is or are— |
| (i) | vague, | |
| (ii) | non-existent, | |
| (iii) | not relevant, | |
| (iv) | not connected or not proximately connected with such person, or | |
| (v) | invalid for any other reason whatsoever, |
| and it is not therefore possible to hold that the Government or officer making such order would have been satisfied as provided in sub-section (1) of section 3 with reference to the remaining ground or grounds and made the order of detention; | ||
| (b) | the Government or officer making the order of detention shall be deemed to have made the order of detention under the said sub-section (1) after being satisfied as provided in that sub-section with reference to the remaining ground or grounds.] |