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 Rh :(20) the impressment of vessels, aircraft, vehicles, and animals for transport;
 * (21) prohibiting or regulating the use of postal, telegraphic or telephonic services, including the taking possession of such services, and the delaying, seizing, intercepting or interrupting of postal articles or telegraphic or telephonic messages;
 * (22) regulating the delivery otherwise than by postal or telegraphic service of postal articles and telegrams;
 * (23) the control of trade or industry for the purpose of regulating or increasing the supply of, and the obtaining of information with regard to articles or things of any description whatsoever which may be used in connection with the conduct of military operations or civil defence or for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community;
 * (24) the control of generation, supply, distribution, use or consumption of electrical energy;
 * (25) the taking over by the Central Government or the State Government, for a limited period, of the management of any property (including any undertaking) relating to supplies and services essential to the life of the community;
 * (26) the control of agriculture (including the cultivation of agricultural lend and crops to be raised therein) for the purpose of increasing the production and supply of foodgrains and other essential agricultural products;
 * (27) the provision, storage and maintenance of commodities and things required for the conduct of military operations or for the defence of India and civil defence;
 * (28) the requisition of services of persons for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community;
 * (29) the provision, construction, maintenance or alteration of buildings, premises or other structures or excavations required for the conduct of military operations or the defence of India and civil defence;
 * (30) the protection of property by the performance of such fire prevention and other duties as may be allotted to any person;
 * (31) the securing of any building, premises or other structures from being readily recognisable in the event of a hostile attack by a foreign power;
 * (32) prohibiting, restricting or otherwise regulating the bringing into, or taking out of, India of goods or articles of any description (including coin, bullion, bank notes, currency notes, securities and foreign exchange), and bringing into any part or place in India of any such goods or articles as aforesaid intended