1[1A. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(1) 'civil defence' includes any measures not amounting to actual combat, for affording defence against any form of hostile attack by a foreign power or for depriving any form of hostile attack by a foreign power of its effect wholly or in part, whether such measures are taken before, during or after the time of the attack;
(2) 'Civil Defence Services' means the services formed wholly or mainly to meet the needs of civil defence.]
