6.12.3. Legislations

The below mentioned acts have a provision to detain beyond three months:

♤ National Security Act,

♤ Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act (COFEPOSA); and

♤ Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA)Likewise, many states have come up with similar acts. Both at the central and state level, there are around forty laws in the statute book of India authorizing preventive detention.