Q705
MISA stands for
A.
Maintenance of Internal Security Act
AnswerB.
Multinational Internal Society Authority
C.
Movement for Indian System Act
D.
None of the above
Answer: Option A
Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
MISA stands for Maintenance of Internal Security Act. 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 security.