Chapter IV - Fundamental Rights and Freedoms

Article 32 - Fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual

Whereas every person in Malta is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, plac...

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Article 33 - Protection of right to life

(1) No person shall intentionally be deprived of his life save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the law ...

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Article 34 - Protection from arbitrary arrest or detention

(1) No person shall be deprived of his personal liberty save as may be authorised by law in the following cases, that is to say -

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Article 35 - Protection from forced labour

(1) No person shall be required to perform forced labour.

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Article 36 - Protection from inhuman treatment

(1) No person shall be subjected to inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment.

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Article 37 - Protection from deprivation of property without compensation

(1) No property of any description shall be compulsorily taken possession of, and no interest in or right over property of any description shall be co...

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Article 38 - Protection for privacy of home or other property

(1) Except with his own consent or by way of parental discipline, no person shall be subjected to the search of his person or his property or the entr...

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Article 39 - Provisions to secure protection of law

(1) Whenever any person is charged with a criminal offence he shall, unless the charge is withdrawn, be afforded a fair hearing within a reasonable ti...

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Article 40 - Protection of freedom of conscience and worship

(1) All persons in Malta shall have full freedom of conscience and enjoy the free exercise of their respective mode of religious worship.

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Article 41 - Protection of freedom of expression

(1) Except with his own consent or by way of parental discipline, no person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his freedom of expression, including...

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Article 42 - Protection of freedom of assembly and association

(1) Except with his own consent or by way of parental discipline no person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his freedom of peaceful assembly and ...

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Article 43 - Prohibition of deportation

(1) No citizen of Malta shall be deported from Malta except as a result of an extradition order made under a law providing for extradition on account ...

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Article 44 - Protection of freedom of movement

(1) No citizen of Malta shall be deprived of his freedom of movement, and for the purpose of this article the said freedom means the right to move fre...

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Article 45 - Protection from discrimination on the grounds of race, etc.

(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-articles (4), (5) and (7) of this article, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itsel...

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Article 46 - Enforcement of protective provisions

(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-articles (6) and (7) of this article, any person who alleges that any of the provisions of articles 33 to 45 (inc...

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Article 47 - Interpretation of Chapter IV

(1) In this Chapter, save where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say -

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