Multiple choice

Article 22 of the Indian Constitution implicitly provides for the provision of ‘preventive detention’. A number of Acts have been passed time and again to support this provision. Below are given some of them:

  1. TADA
  2. COFEPOSA
  3. MISA
  4. POTA

Arrange these Acts according to the timeline.

  1. 2 3 1 4

  2. 3 2 4 1

  3. 2 3 4 1

  4. 3 2 1 4
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The correct order is:

Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) – 1971

Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act – 1974
Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act – 1985
Prevention of Terrorism Act – 2002 Thus, option (2), which is the nearest choice, is wrong.

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