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(1) In every month in which there is a sitting of Parliament, the Minister authorised by the President shall make a report to Parliament of the number of persons restricted or detained by virtue of this Act or any other enactment conferring emergency powers and the number of cases in which the authority that ordered the restriction or detention has acted in accordance with the decisions of the tribunal appointed under this Act.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the Minister referred to in subsection (1) shall publish every month in the Gazette and in the media-

(a) the number and the names and addresses of the persons restricted or detained;

(b) the number of cases reviewed by the tribunal; and

(c) the number of cases in which the authority which ordered the restriction or detention has acted in accordance with the decisions of the tribunal appointed under this Act.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that at the end of an emergency declared under section 1 of this Act, a person in restriction or detention or in custody as a result of the declaration of the emergency shall be released immediately.