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| '''Part XVIII''' is a compilation of [[law]]s pertaining to the [[Constitution]] of [[India]] as a country and the union of states that it is made of. This part of the [[Constitution of India|constitution]] consists of Articles on [[Emergency provisions of the Constitution of India|Emergency Provisions]].{{Sfn|Constitution of India|2007|pp=216–230}}
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| ==Laws==
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| Part XVIII of the Indian constitution envisages the following three emergencies:
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| *General Emergency (also called national emergency)
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| *Break-down of constitutional machinery in the states -(also called state emergency)
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| *Financial Emergency
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| ===Articles 352===
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| This article as enacted by the Constituent Assembly of India provides the president with powers to declare a state of emergency in the nation if he/she is satisfied that the stability and integrity of India is threatened by either external aggression or armed rebellion. This power can only be exercised on the advice of the prime minister and his council of ministers.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd|title=Universal's Guide to the Constitution of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=an78gq3JwzYC&q=article+352+Indian+Constitution&pg=PA194|isbn=978-93-5035-011-9|first1=Rajesh|last1=Kumar|pages=194}}</ref>
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| ==Article 353==
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| This article allows the central government to override the seventh schedule of the constitution (dealing with the differentiation of subjects between the central and state government). It also allows the president to prolong the life of the Lok Sabha one year at time.<ref name="Vernon">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zI19AgAAQBAJ&q=article+353+Indian+Constitution&pg=PT102|title=Political Mobilisation and Democracy in India: States of Emergency|first1=Vernon|last1=Hewitt|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-203-94496-8|pages=374, 375}}</ref>
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| ==Article 354-355==
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| Article 354 empowers the central government to make funding allocations within the centre-state financial arrangements besides those stated in Article 268–279.<ref name="Vernon"/>
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| Article 355 outlines the duties of the government concerning individual states ensuring that the governance of all states is according to the constitution during an emergency.<ref name="Vernon"/>
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| ==Article 356==
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| This article allows the President, on receipt of a report from the Governor of a State or otherwise, to declare a state of Emergency if he/she is satisfied that a
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| situation has arisen in which the Government of the State
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| cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions
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| of the Constitution. <ref name="mea_constitution">{{cite book|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Images/pdf1/Part18.pdf|title=The Constitution of India: Part XVIII — Emergency Provisions — Arts. 356-357|publisher=MEA}}</ref>
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| ==Article 357-358==
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| Provisions for State Governance and State funding by the President or Parliament and making laws to be enforced during the state of Emergency.<ref name="mea_constitution" />
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| ==Article 359A==
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| Repealed - Replaced by the Constitution (Sixty-third Amendment) Act, 1989, s. 3 (w.e.f. 6 January 1990)
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| ==Article 360==
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| On Provisions as to financial emergency.-->
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| ==References==
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| ==Further reading==
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| *{{Cite web |url=http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/coiason29july08.pdf |title=The Constitution of India |publisher=[[Government of India]], [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Ministry of Law and Justice]] |date=1 December 2007 |orig-year=1950 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909230437/http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/coiason29july08.pdf |archive-date=2014-09-09 }}
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| *[[s:Constitution of India/Part XVIII|Part XVIII text from wikisource]]
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| {{Refend}}
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| [[Category:Parts and articles of the Constitution of India|Part 18]]
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