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Article 373

Part XXI — Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions · Constitution of India

Article 373

Power of President to make order in respect of persons under preventive detention in certain cases. Until provision is made by Parliament under clause (7) of article 22, or until the expiration of one year from the commencement of this Constitution, whichever is earlier, the said article shall have effect as if for any reference to Parliament in clauses (4) and (7) thereof there were substituted a reference to the President and for any reference to any law made by Parliament in those clauses there were substituted a reference to an order made by the President.

In plain wordsA stopgap for preventive detention. Until Parliament made its own law, or for at most one year, the President stood in for Parliament in setting the rules under Article 22 for how long people could be held in preventive detention.
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