Article 352: These provisions

These provisions, outlined in Article 352 to Article 360 under Part XVIII of the Constitution, empower the government with special powers during times of emergency. Emergency Provisions - Article 352 to 360 - Constitution of India - 352 . Proclamation of Emergency. 353. Effect of Proclamation of Emergency. Law and You > Constitutional Law > National Emergency ( Articles 352 -355, 358, 359) Chapter XVIII of the Constitution deals with the powers of the president to act in an emergency, whereby the security of India (or any part thereof) is threatened. This part has been the subject of most acrimonious attacks by the critics in the history of Independent India. During the framing of the constitution, this part had witnessed the most agitated scenes and debates in the Constituent assembly. The ... Article 352 empowers the President to declare a national emergency in case of war, external aggression or armed rebellion. It also specifies the procedures and conditions for issuing, varying, revoking or disapproving a Proclamation of Emergency and its effects on the constitutional rights and powers.