Answer-Under Section 5(1), the reference to “any area (including Railway areas) in a State, not being...

Section 51 recognises that DSPE powers originate in Union territories under Section 2 and 3 and allows their extension to any area including Railway areas in a State, not being a Union territory, which, read with Section 6, makes such extension subject to State consent.

Question

Under Section 5(1), the reference to “any area (including Railway areas) in a State, not being a Union territory” primarily signifies that:

A DSPE powers cannot be exercised in Union territories

B DSPE powers and jurisdiction are originally confined to Union territories but may be extended by order to areas in States, including railway areas, under the conditions of Section 6

C DSPE may act in any State without limitation

D DSPE jurisdiction is limited only to railway areas

E Railway areas are excluded from DSPE jurisdiction

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