Article 22(4)(a) of the Constitution states that no law providing for preventive detention shall authorize the detention of a person for a longer period than three months unless an Advisory Board, consisting of persons who are, or have been, or are qualified to be appointed as Judges of a High Court, has reported before the expiration of the said period of three months that there is in its opinion sufficient cause for such detention.
Under the Preventive Detention a person can be detained without trial for
Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2009 · Topic: Fundamental Rights (Right to Freedom (Articles 19-22), including Right to Life and Personal Liberty (Article 21))
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