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| Definition | : | Maintenance of Internal Security Act |
| Category | : | Governmental » Law & Legal |
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Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was a law passed by the Indian parliament in 1973 giving the administration of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Indian law enforcement agencies super 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.
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The full form of MISA is Maintenance of Internal Security Act
Maintenance of Internal Security Act