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The emergency provisions in the Indian Constitution are borrowed primarily from which legal document?
A. Government of India Act of 1935
B. Weimar Constitution of Germany✓ Correct Answer
C. Constitution of the United States
D. Constitution of Ireland
💡 Solution & Explanation
The specific provisions relating to the suspension of fundamental rights during a national emergency were borrowed from the Weimar Constitution of Germany. Although the administrative framework of emergencies heavily draws from the Government of India Act 1935, the suspension clause has German origins. Part XVIII of the Constitution contains these emergency articles ranging from Article 352 to 360.
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