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Competitive Exams · General Knowledge · question 705

Q705

MISA stands for

A.
Maintenance of Internal Security Act
Answer
B.
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.