Constitution of India, 1949
258.Suspension of provisions of Article 19
during emergencies.-
(1) While a Proclamation of Emergency
declaring that the security of India or any part of the territory thereof is
threatened by war or by external aggression is in operation, nothing in Article
19 shall restrict the power of the State as defined in Part III to make any law
or to take any executive action which the State would but for the provisions
contained in that Part be competent to make or to take, but any law so made
shall, to the extent of the in competency, cease to have effect as soon as the
Proclamation ceases to operate, except as respects things done or omitted to be
done before the law so ceases to have effect:
Provided that where such Proclamation of
Emergency is in operation only in any part of the territory of India, any such
law may be made, or any such executive action may be taken, under this article
in relation to or in any State or Union territory in which or in any part of
which the Proclamation of Emergency is not in operation, if and in so far as
the security of India or any part of the territory thereof is threatened by
activities in or in relation to the part of the territory of India in which the
Proclamation of Emergency is in operation.
(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall apply-(a) to
any law which does not contain a recital to the effect that such law is in
relation to the Proclamation of Emergency in operation when it is made; or (b)
to any executive action taken otherwise than under a law containing such a
recital.