Maintenance of Internal Security Act

Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971
Parliament of India
  • An Act to provide for detention in certain cases for the purpose of maintenance of ,internal security and matters connected therewith.
CitationAct No. 26 of 1971
Territorial extentIndia except J&K
Assented to byPresident V. V. Giri
Assented to2 July 1971
Repealed3 August 1978
Repeals
Maintenance of Internal Security Ordinance, 1971
Amended by
  • Maintenance of Internal Security (Amendment) Act, 1975
  • Maintenance of Internal Security (Amendment) Act, 1976
  • Maintenance of Internal Security (Second Amendment) Act, 1976
Repealed by
Maintenance of Internal Security (Repeal) Act, 1978
Status: Repealed

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. The law was amended several times during the subsequently declared national emergency (1975–1977) and used for quelling political dissent. Finally, it was repealed in 1977, when Indira Gandhi lost the 1977 Indian general election and the Janata Party came to power.

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