Correct Answer - Option 1 : German Weimar Constitution
The correct answer is the German Weimar Constitution.
In Part XVIII of the Constitution, from Articles 352 to 360, the Emergency provisions are there
- Such provisions help and enable the Central government to meet any abnormal situation effectively.
- The reason behind the incorporation of these provisions in the Constitution is to safeguard the sovereignty, unity, integrity, security of the country, the democratic political system, and the Constitution.
- The Central government becomes all-powerful and the states go into total control of the Centre and it converts the federal structure into a unitary one without a formal amendment of the Constitution, during an Emergency
- A unique feature of the Indian Constitution is the kind of transformation of the political system from federal during normal times to unitary during Emergencies.
- The Indian Institution stipulates 3 types of emergencies- National, state, and financial emergency.
- The feature of suspension of Fundamental Rights during Emergency. is taken from the Weimar Constitution of Germany.
