Q97.
Consider the following statements : 1. According to the Constitution of India, the Central Government has a duty to protect States from internal disturbances. 2. The Constitution of India exempts the States from providing legal counsel to a person being held for preventive detention. 3. According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, confession of the accused before the police cannot be used as evidence. How many of the above statements are correct?
Answer
A
Explanation
1 is correct: According to Article 355 of the Constitution, it shall be the duty of the Union to every State against external aggression and disturbance and to ensure that the government every State is carried on in accordance with the of this Constitution. 2 is not correct: Article 22 (5) of the Indian does provide for the following when any is detained in pursuance of an order made under law providing for preventive detention. The making the order shall, as soon as may be, to such person the grounds on which the has been made and shall afford him the earliest of making a representation against the which means, legal options to question the have been provided in the constitution. 3 is not correct: The Prevention of Terrorism 2002 was an Act passed by the Parliament of India 2002, with the objective of strengthening anti- operations. In 2004, the Act was repealed. As the act, a confession made by a person before a officer (not lower in rank than a Superintendent Police) and recorded by that police officer either in or on any mechanical or electronic device shall admissible in the trial of such person for an offence this Act.