National Security Act,1980
- Recently National Security Act was imposed in Delhi amidst anti-CAA protests.
- The National Security Act was promulgated on September 23, 1980, to provide for preventive detention in certain cases and for matters connected therewith.
- Under that act a detenu may be held for up to three months and in certain circumstances six months, without any review.
- However, Article 22 grants protection to persons who are arrested or detained under a preventive detention law as a person can be detained beyond 3 months and upto 12 months only after approval of three member Advisory board made up of high court judges or persons ....
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