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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe Family is the basis of society, its pillars are religion, customs and love of the homeland. The law shall maintain the integrity of the family and strengthen its ties. (Art. 26)
- Arabicالأسرة أساس المجتمع قوامها الدين والأخلاق وحب الوطن يحافظ القانون على كيانها ويقوي أواصرها. (المادّة 26)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Freedom based on law consists in the least amount of restriction on the activities of individuals that is consistent with the maintenance and development of Papua New Guinea and of society in accordance with this Constitution and, in particular, with the National Goals and Directive Principles and the Basic Social Obligations.
(2) Every person has the right to freedom based on law, and accordingly has a legal right to do any thing that-
(a) does not injure or interfere with the rights and freedoms of others; and
(b) is not prohibited by law,
and no person-
(c) is obliged to do anything that is not required by law; and
(d) may be prevented from doing anything that complies with the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b).
(3) This section is not intended to reflect on the extra-legal existence, nature or effect of social, civic, family or religious obligations, or other obligations of an extra-legal nature, or to prevent such obligations being given effect to by law. (Sec. 32)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishWhereas every person in Sierra Leone is entitled to the fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has the right, whatever his race, tribe, place of origin, political opinion, 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—
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c. respect for private and family life;
… (Sec. 15)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe union in matrimony of a man and a woman is one of the fundamental components in the formation of a family. (Art. 52)
- SpanishLa unión en matrimonio del hombre y la mujer es uno de los componentes fundamentales en la formación de la familia. (Art. 52)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) The privacy of citizens shall be inviolable. Everyone shall be entitled to protection against any unlawful interference in his private or family affairs and against encroachments on his honour, dignity and reputation.
… (Art. 32) - Bulgarian(1) Личният живот на гражданите е неприкосновен. Всеки има право на защита срещу незаконна намеса в личния и семейния му живот и срещу посегателство върху неговата чест, достойнство и добро име.
… (Чл. 32)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
The family benefits from the protection of the State.
The rights of the child are protected by the State and by the family taking into account the superior interest of the child.
The State protects and takes [as a] responsibility abandoned children or [children] without affiliation.
Under penalty of criminal prosecution, parents have the obligation of assuring the education of their children.
Under penalty of criminal prosecution, children have the duty to assure aid and assistance to their parents.
... (Art. 71) - Arabic
تحظى الأسرة بحماية الدولة.
حقوق الطفل محمية من طرف الدولة والأسرة مع مراعاة المصلحة العليا للطفل.
تحمي وتكفل الدولة الأطفال المتخلى عنهم أو مجهولي النسب.
تحت طائلة المتابعات الجزائية، يلزم الأولياء بضمان تربية أبنائهم.
تحت طائلة المتابعات الجزائية، يلزم الأبناء بواجب القيام بالإحسان إلى أوليائهم ومساعدتهم.
... (المــادة 71) - French
La famille bénéficie de la protection de l'Etat.
Les droits de l'enfant sont protégés par l’Etat et par la famille en tenant compte de l’intérêt supérieur de l’enfant.
L'Etat protège et prend en charge les enfants abandonnés ou sans filiation.
Sous peine de poursuites pénales, les parents ont l'obligation d'assurer l'éducation de leurs enfants.
Sous peine de poursuites pénales, les enfants ont le devoir d'assurer aide et assistance à leurs parents.
... (Art. 71)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. For protection by the family, it shall specifically be the responsibility of the State:
a) To assist families in their mission as custodians of moral values recognized by the community;
b) To promote social and economic independence of family households;
c) To cooperate with parents in the raising of their children;
d) To define and implement, after consulting representative associations for families, a global and integrated family policy.
… (Art. 88) - Portuguese1. Para a protecção da família, incumbe ao Estado, designadamente:
a) Assistir a família na sua missão de guardiã dos valores morais reconhecidos pela comunidade;
b) Promover a independência social e económica dos agregados familiares;
c) Cooperar com os pais na educação dos filhos;
d) Definir e executar, ouvidas as associações representativas das famílias, uma política de família com carácter global e integrado.
… (Art. 88)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishNo one’s privacy may be violated, nor shall it be permitted to interfere in the private or family life of any person in his home or correspondence, except by law. (Art. 54)
- Arabicلايجوز إنتهاك خصوصية أي شخص، ولا يجوز التدخل في الحياة الخاصة او الأسرية لأي شخص في مسكنة او في مراسلاتة، إلا وفقاً للقانون. (الماده 55)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (7), no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(3) In this section the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, birth out of wedlock, political opinions or affiliations, colour, sex or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages that are not accorded to persons of another such description.
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(4) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision
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(c) for the application, in the case of persons of any such description as is mentioned in subsection (3) (or of persons connected with such persons) of the law with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other like matters that is the personal law of persons of that description;
… (Sec. 15)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe Nation shall provide the individual and the family with the conditions necessary to their development. (1946 Preamble, Sec. 10)
- FrenchLa Nation assure à l'individu et à la famille les conditions nécessaires à leur développement. (Préambule 1946, Sec. 10)