Multiple choice

The constitution allows prevention detention but stipulates

  1. that no one should be detained beyond three months unless an advisory board authorities detention beyond that period

  2. that the ground for detention should be conveyed to the detenu before arresting him

  3. All the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Article 22 of the Constitution provides that preventive detention cannot exceed three months unless an Advisory Board (consisting of persons with high judicial qualifications) reports that there is sufficient cause for detention beyond this period. The Constitution does NOT explicitly require that grounds be conveyed before arrest - this was later interpreted by courts as a procedural requirement through Article 22(5). Therefore, option A correctly states what the Constitution directly stipulates.

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