User:FR30799386/Sandbox/Editing Part XVIII of the Constitution of India

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^{[1][2] [3]} Part XVIII is a compilation of laws pertaining to the Constitution of India as a country and the union of states that it is made of. This part of the constitution consists of Articles on Emergency Provisions.^[4]

Provisions

Part XVII of the Indian constitution deals with the emergency powers of the president.It envisages three types of emergencies:

• National Emergency
• Financial Emergency
• Constitutional Emergency

National Emergency

A national emergency can only be declared by the president of India if he is satisfied that the security or stability of India or a part of it, is threatened by either external agression or armed rebellion.The Official text reads: There are many safeguards provide by the constitution to prevent the provisions abuse. The President may only issue a proclamation after he has received a copy of the descision taken by the cabinet in writing. The proclamation should then be put on vote on both houses of parliament failing which it lapses. If the House of the people has been dissolved then the House of elders must ratify it by a majority .

Financial Emergency

A financial Emergency can be declared only if the President is satisfied that

Constitutional Emergency

Articles 352 - 360

On Emergency Provisions This article says about the national, financial,constitutional emergencies.

Article 359A

Repealed - Replaced by the Constitution (Sixty-third Amendment) Act, 1989, s. 3 (w.e.f. 6 January 1990).

Article 360

On Provisions as to financial emergency.

References

Sources

• "The Constitution of India" (PDF). Government of India, Ministry of Law and Justice. 1 December 2007 [1950].
• Part XVIII text from wikisource

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