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Explain various emergency provisions in our Constitution.

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Part XVIII of the Constitution of India deals with three types of emergency provisions.

1. National Emergency: Act 352 empowers the President to declare National emergency when there is threat of external aggression. Till now, it has been imposed thrice. In such circumstances, individual rights are suspended except Art. 21 (protection of life and personal liberty) and Art. 22 (protection against arrest and detention in certain cases).

2. State Emergency: Art 356 authorise the President to declare President’s rule in a state on the recommendation of as Governor during the breakdown of the constitutional machinery in that state. Hitherto, it has been implemented.

3. Financial Emergency: Article 360 empowers the President to declare financial emergency if the financial conditions of the nation are precarious.



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