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The Constitution allows preventive detention but stipulates:
Options:
A .  All of the above
B .  that the detenu must be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of 24 hours of his arrest
C .  that no one should be detained beyond three months unless an Advisory Board authorises detention beyond that period
D .  that the grounds for detention should be conveyed to the detenu before arresting him
Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
Article 22 (4) provides that no law providing for preventive detention shall authorise the detention of a person for a longer period than 3 months unless an Advisory Board consisting of persons who are, or have been, or are qualified to be appointed as Judges of a High Court, has reported before the expiration of the said period of 3 months that there is in its opinion sufficient cause for such detention.

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