. . . . . . . . (2). . . . . . . (3) A Proclamation of Emergency: (a) may be revoked by a subsequent Proclamation; (b) shall be communicated forthwith to the Secretary of State and shall be laid by him before each House of Parliament; (c) shall cease to operate at the expiration of six months, unless before the expiration of that period it has been approved by Resolutions of both Houses of Parliament." The Governor General had issued a Proclamation in exercise of his powers under section 102(2) of the Government of India Act, 1935 declaring that a grave emergency existed, whereby the security of India was threatened, by war on September 3, 1939 on receipt of information from His Majesty 's Government in the United Kingdom that a state of war existed between His Majesty and Germany and on September 29, 1939 the Defence of India Act 1939 was enacted.