Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:amendedBy	1972
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:Armed_Forces_of_India gptkb:Meghalaya_(until_2018) gptkb:Arunachal_Pradesh gptkb:Assam gptkb:Jammu_and_Kashmir gptkb:Manipur gptkb:Nagaland
gptkbp:controversy	allegations of human rights violations
gptkbp:criticizedFor	gptkb:United_Nations gptkb:Amnesty_International human rights organizations
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1958
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_India
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958
gptkbp:immuneTo	protection from prosecution without central government sanction
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Article_355_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:notified	gptkb:Governor_of_a_State gptkb:Central_Government
gptkbp:powers	arrest without warrant use of force destroy arms dumps destroy hideouts destroy shelters destroy training camps search without warrant shoot to kill
gptkbp:protestedBy	gptkb:Irom_Sharmila civil society groups
gptkbp:purpose	grant special powers to armed forces in disturbed areas
gptkbp:relatedTo	internal security law and order counter-insurgency disturbed areas
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Meghalaya_(2018) gptkb:Tripura_(2015)
gptkbp:requires	disturbed area notification
gptkbp:section	Section 3 Section 4 Section 6
gptkbp:shortName	gptkb:AFSPA
gptkbp:subjectOf	Supreme Court cases public debates parliamentary discussions protests in Northeast India
gptkbp:territory	gptkb:India
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Manipur_independence_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6