{"id":1333,"date":"2026-06-30T11:39:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:39:51","slug":"uapa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/uapa\/","title":{"rendered":"UAPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UAPA<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) is anti-terrorism law <\/strong>that was first introduced in 1967 <\/strong>to prevent unlawful activities associations in India<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The act gives the police power to detain anyone engaging in unlawful activities <\/strong>like aiding and abetting terrorists, funding terrorists, inciting anti national feeling in the masses and other unlawful activities against the state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Offences under the Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years <\/strong>but which may extend to imprisonment for life<\/strong>, and shall also be liable to fine.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Central Government amended the Act <\/strong>in 2019.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • The amendment empowers the central government<\/strong> to designate an individual a \u201cterrorist<\/strong>\u201d if they are found committing, preparing for, promoting, or involved in an act of terror.\u00a0\u00a0\n
        \n
      • Prior to this amendment, only organizations <\/strong>could be designated as terrorist organizations.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The amendment allows the Director-General of the <\/strong>National Investigation Agency (NIA)<\/strong> to approve the seizure of property connected with terrorism.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • This removes the prior requirement<\/strong> for the investigating officer to obtain permission from the Director-General of Police (DGP)<\/strong> of the state.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • NIA officers of the rank of Inspector or higher<\/strong> are now authorized to investigate offenses<\/strong> under the UAPA.\u00a0\u00a0\n
          \n
        • Previously, only officers of the rank of Deputy Superintendent or Assistant Commissioner of Police or above<\/strong> could do so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Why in News?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          • A tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has upheld the Union Home Ministry\u2019s decision to declare two radical organisations as \u201cunlawful associations\u201d under UAPA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            About UAPA Tribunals<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
              \n
            • The UAPA provides for a tribunal<\/strong> to be constituted by the government for its bans to have long-term legal sanctity.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Orders to declare an organisation as \u201cunlawful\u201d<\/strong> are issued by the Centre under <\/strong>the UAPA.<\/strong> A government order would not come into effect until the tribunal has confirmed it.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\n
                \n
              • However, in exceptional circumstances<\/strong>, the notification can come into effect immediately once the reasons for it are recorded in writing. The tribunal can endorse or reject it.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • The tribunal consists of only one person<\/strong>, who has to be a High Court<\/strong> judge.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • To make inquiries, the tribunal has the same powers as vested in a civil court<\/strong> under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                UAPA Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019 Why in News? About UAPA Tribunals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1334,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions\/1334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}