Maintenance of Internal Security Act
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maintenance-of-internal-security-act-182-13824613
title:
Maintenance of Internal Security Act
text:
The Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was a controversial law passed by the Indian parliament in 1971 giving the administration of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Indian law enforcement agencies very broad powers – indefinite preventive detention of individuals, search and seizure of property without warrants, and wiretapping – in the quelling of civil and political disorder in India, as well as countering foreign-inspired sabotage, terrorism, subterfuge and threats to national securi
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1971 Indian law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maintenance_of_Internal_Security_Act
date created:
2006-06-02T16:19:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T12:40:01Z
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