Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas 1973
Protection from Violence
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    Now Know Ye Therefore:
    We the Inheritors of and Successors to this Family of Islands, recognizing the Supremacy of God and believing in the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual, Do Hereby Proclaim in Solemn Praise the Establishment of a Free and Democratic Sovereign Nation founded on Spiritual Values and in which no Man, Woman or Child shall ever be Slave or Bondsman to anyone or their Labour exploited or their Lives frustrated by deprivation, and do Hereby Provide by these Articles for the indivisible Unity and Creation under God of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. (Preamble)
Protection from Violence
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    Whereas every person in The Bahamas is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely-
    a. life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law;
    … (Art. 15)
Protection from Violence
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    1. No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
    … (Art. 17)
Protection from Violence
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    1. No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
    2. No person shall be required to perform forced labour.
    … (Art. 18)
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Statute Law of the Bahama Islands. No. 25 of 1967.
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Chapter II on Citizenship.
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Part of Chapter III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Chapter III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.