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4. During a state of emergency or martial law, the President of Georgia shall have the right to restrict by decree the rights listed in Articles 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 26 of the Constitution across the entire territory of Georgia or in any part of it. During a state of emergency or martial law, the President of Georgia shall have the right to suspend by decree Articles 13(2)-(6), 14(2), 15(2), 17(3), (5) and (6), 18(2), 19(3) of the Constitution across the entire territory of Georgia or in any part of it. The President of Georgia shall immediately submit the decree provided for by this paragraph to Parliament for approval. A decree on the restriction of a right shall enter into force upon its issuance, whereas a decree on the suspension of a norm shall enter into force upon approval by Parliament. A decree on the restriction of a right shall be approved in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 3 of this article.
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4. საგანგებო ან საომარი მდგომარეობის დროს საქართველოს პრეზიდენტს უფლება აქვს ქვეყანაში ან მის რომელიმე ნაწილში დეკრეტით შეზღუდოს კონსტიტუციის მე-13, მე-14, მე-15, მე-17, მე-18, მე-19, 21-ე და 26-ე მუხლებში ჩამოთვლილი უფლებები. საგანგებო ან საომარი მდგომარეობის დროს საქართველოს პრეზიდენტს უფლება აქვს ქვეყანაში ან მის რომელიმე ნაწილში დეკრეტით შეაჩეროს კონსტიტუციის მე-13 მუხლის მე-2−მე-6 პუნქტების, მე-14 მუხლის მე-2 პუნქტის, მე-15 მუხლის მე-2 პუნქტის, მე-17 მუხლის მე-3, მე-5 და მე-6 პუნქტების, მე-18 მუხლის მე-2 პუნქტის და მე-19 მუხლის მე-3 პუნქტის მოქმედება. საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი ამ პუნქტით გათვალისწინებულ დეკრეტს დაუყოვნებლივ წარუდგენს პარლამენტს დასამტკიცებლად. დეკრეტი უფლების შეზღუდვის შესახებ ძალაში შედის გამოცემისთანავე, ხოლო ნორმის შეჩერების შესახებ − პარლამენტის მიერ დამტკიცებისთანავე. დეკრეტი უფლების შეზღუდვის შესახებ მტკიცდება ამ მუხლის მე-3 პუნქტით დადგენილი წესით.
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(3) The Bill of Rights does not deny the existence of any other rights or freedoms that are recognised or conferred by common law, customary law or legislation, to the extent that they are consistent with the Bill. (Sec. 39)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishHuman dignity is inviolable and everyone shall be obliged to respect and protect it.
Everyone shall have the right to free development of his personality if this does not violate the rights of others guaranteed by the Constitution. (Art. 23) - Serbian CyrillicЉудско достојанство је неприкосновено и сви су дужни да га поштују и штите.
Свако има право на слободан развој личности, ако тиме не крши права других зајемчена Уставом. (Члан 23)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishNothing in this Part may be interpreted as implying for any Community, group or person any right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed at the undermining or destruction of the constitutional order established by this Constitution or at the destruction of any of the rights and liberties set forth in this Part7 or at their limitation to a greater extent than is provided for therein. (Art. 34)
- GreekΟυδέν εκ των εν τω παρόντι, μέρει διαλαμβανομένων δύναται να ερμηνευθή ως παρέχον οιονδήποτε δικαίωμα εις οιονδήποτε κοινότητα, ομάδα ή άτομον να επιδοθή εις οιανδήποτε δράσιν ή εκτέλεσιν οιασδήποτε πράξεως σκοπούσης την υπονόμευσιν ή την κατάργησιν της υπό του Συντάγματος καθιδρυομένης συνταγματικής τάξεως ή την κατάργησιν οιουδήποτε εκ των εν τω παρόντι μέρει καθοριζομένων δικαιωμάτων ή ελευθεριών ή τον περιορισμόν αυτών εις μεγαλύτερον του οριζομένου εν τω παρόντι μέρει βαθμόν. (Αρθρον 34)
- TurkishBu Bölümdeki hiçbir şey, herhangi bir Topluluk, grup veya kişi için, bu Anayasa tarafından belirlenen anayasal düzenin baltalanılmasına veya yok edilmesine veya bu Bölümde belirtilen hak ve özgürlüklerin herhangi birinin yok edilmesine veya sınırlamalarına yönelik herhangi bir faaliyette bulunma veya herhangi bir eylemde bulunma hakkını ima etmek olarak yorumlanamaz. (Madde 34)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishProvisions relating to the Amiri Regime in Kuwait and the principles of liberty and equality stipulated in this Constitution may not be proposed for amendment unless such amendment concerns the title of the Amirate mutato nomine or an increase of the guarantees of liberty and equality. (Art. 175)
- Arabicالأحكام الخاصة بالنظام الأميري للكويت وبمبادىء الحرية والمساواة المنصوص عليها في هذا الدستور لا يجوز اقتراح تنقيحها، ما لم يكن التنقيح خاصاً بلقب الإمارة أو بالمزيد من ضمانات الحرية والمساواة. (المادّة 175)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishNothing contained in or done under the authority of a law enacted by Parliament shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of section 5 or section 14 of this Constitution to the extent that the law authorises the taking during any period of public emergency of measures that are reasonably justifiable, for dealing with the situation that exists in Antigua and Barbuda during that period. (Sec. 16)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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(5) Emergency regulations may not amend—
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(b) the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42). (Civil Contingencies Act 2004, Sec. 23)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe President, in promulgating an ordinance and declaring a state of emergency :
(a) shall specify in the said ordinance the areas and the duration that the state of emergency is in operation;
(b) may, if necessary, restrict or suspend as required, one or more fundamental rights of the citizens residing in the areas where the state of emergency is in operation. (Sec. 414) - Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတသည် ဥပဒေကဲ့သို့ အာဏာတည်သည့် အမိန့်ထုတ်ပြန်၍ အရေးပေါ် အခြေအနေ ကြေညာသည့်အခါ -
(က) ယင်းအမိန့်တွင် အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေ အကျိုးသက်ရောက်သည့် နယ်မြေဒေသနှင့် အချိန်ကာလတို့ကို သတ်မှတ်ဖော်ပြရမည်၊
(ခ) လိုအပ်ပါက အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေ အကျိုးသက်ရောက်သည့် နယ်မြေဒေသအတွင်း နေထိုင်ကြသော နိုင်ငံသားများ၏ မူလအခွင့်အရေးတစ်ရပ်ရပ်ကိုဖြစ်စေ၊ တစ်ရပ် ထက်ပို၍ ဖြစ်စေ လိုအပ်သလို ကန့်သတ်နိုင်သည် သို့မဟုတ် ရပ်ဆိုင်ထားနိုင်သည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၄၁၄)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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Paragraph 2. The rights and guarantees expressed in this Constitution do not exclude others deriving from the regime and from the principles adopted by it, or from the international treaties in which the Federative Republic of Brazil is a party.
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§ 2º - Os direitos e garantias expressos nesta Constituição não excluem outros decorrentes do regime e dos princípios por ela adotados, ou dos tratados internacionais em que a República Federativa do Brasil seja parte.
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Limitations and/or Derogations
- English(1) When a Proclamation of Emergency has been made and so long as it remains in force, the Head of State may from time to time make such Orders (hereinafter referred to as Emergency Orders) as appear to him to be necessary or expedient for securing the public safety, the defence of Samoa and the efficient prosecution of any war in which Samoa may be engaged, for maintaining public order and the supplies and services essential to the life of the community, and generally for safeguarding the interests and maintaining the welfare of the community.
(2) Emergency Orders may empower or provide for empowering such authorities, persons or classes of persons as may be specified in the Orders to make regulations, rules or bylaws for any of the purposes for which Emergency Orders are authorised under the provisions of this Article to be made, and may contain such incidental and supplementary provisions as appear to the Head of State to be necessary or expedient for making effective the powers conferred under the provisions of clause (1).
(3) Every Emergency Order, if otherwise valid, shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Part II.
(4) No provision of any Emergency Order, and no regulation, rule or by-law duly made under the provisions of any such Order, shall be invalid because it deals with any matter already provided for under any law or because of any inconsistency with any such law. (Art. 106) - Samoan(1) I se tulaga ua uma ai ona faia se Poloaiga o se Faalavelave Tupu Faafuasei ma i le vaitaimi uma e faamamaluina ai, e mafai e le Ao o le Malo mai i lea taimi i lea taimi ona faia ni poloaiga (e amata atu nei ona taua o Poloaiga o Faalavelave Tutupu Faafuasei) e pei ona o le a ia silafia ua tatau po o le faafaigofieina ai mo le taofimauina o le saogalemu o le atunuu, le puipuiga o Samoa mai taua faapea le faataunuuina i se tulaga manaomia o so o se taua e ono auai Samoa, mo le tausiga o le nofo filemu o tagata atoa ma mea e fia maua mai ma galuega e tatau mo le soifuaga o tagata uma, ma i le itu aoao mo le puipuiga malu o aia ma le tausiga o le sologa manuia o le atunuu.
(2) E mafai e Poloaiga o Faalavelave Tutupu Faafuasei ona tuuina atu le pule po o le aiaia mo le tuuina atu o le pule i ni pulega, tagata po o vasega o tagata e pei ona o le a faasinoina mai i Poloaiga ia fai ai tulafono faatonutonu, tulafono e puipui ai po o tulafono iti mo so o se faatatauga ua faatagaina ai Poloaiga o Faalavelave Tutupu Faafuasei e tusa ma aiaiga o lenei Mataupu ina ia faia, ma e mafai ona aofia ai ni aiaiga faaopoopo ma itu e aafia e pei ona silafia e le Ao o le Malo ua tatau ai po o le talafeagai ma le tulaga ua i ai mo le faatinoina o pulega na tuuina atu e tusa ma aiaiga o le fuaiupu (1).
(3) O poloaiga o faalavelave tutupu faafuasei uma, ae ese ai pe a o tumau pea le faaaogaina, o le a faatinoina e ui lava i so o se mea o lo o aofia i le Vaega II.
(4) E leai se aiaiga o so o se Poloaiga o Faalavelave Tutupu Faafuasei, ma e leai se tulafono faatonutonu po o se tulafono e puipui ai po o se tulafono laitiiti na faia ma le tatau ai e tusa ma aiaiga o so o sea Poloaiga, o le a faaleaogaina ona ua faapea e faasino i so o se mataupu ua uma ona aiaia e so o se tulafono po ona o le le talafeagai ai ma sea tulafono. (Mataupu 106)