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Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishAll people have the right to the free development of their personality, without more limitations than those imposed by judicial order and the rights of others. (Art. 43)
- SpanishToda persona tiene derecho al libre desarrollo de su personalidad, sin más limitaciones que las impuestas por el orden jurídico y los derechos de los demás. (Art. 43)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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3. Under extraordinary martial law, special measures may be taken with respect to the warrant system, freedom of speech, the press, assembly and association, or the powers of the Executive and the Judiciary as prescribed by law.
… (Art. 77) - Korean…
③비상계엄이 선포된 때에는 법률이 정하는 바에 의하여 영장제도, 언론·출판·집회·결사의 자유, 정부나 법원의 권한에 관하여 특별한 조치를 할 수 있다.
... (제77조)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make emergency regulations if satisfied that the conditions in section 21 are satisfied.
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(5) Regulations under this section must be prefaced by a statement by the person making the regulations—
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(iv) is satisfied that the regulations are compatible with the Convention rights (within the meaning of section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42)).
... (Civil Contingencies Act 2004, Sec. 20)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe rights and [the] guarantees granted by the Constitution do not exclude others that, even though they are not expressly mentioned in it, are inherent to the human person.
The social interest prevails over the individual [particular] interest.
The laws and the government provisions or [those of] any other order that reduce, restrict, or distort the rights guaranteed by the Constitution are void ipso jure. (Art. 44) - SpanishLos derechos y garantías que otorga la Constitución no excluyen otros que, aunque no figuren expresamente en ella, son inherentes a la persona humana.
El interés social prevalece sobre el interés particular.
Serán nulas ipso jure las leyes y las disposiciones gubernativas o de cualquier otro orden que disminuyan, restrinjan o tergiversen los derechos que la Constitución garantiza. (Art. 44)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishExcept in the following situations and time, no citizen shall be denied redress by due process of law for grievances entitled under law :
(a) in time of foreign invasion;
(b) in time of insurrection;
(c) in time of emergency. (Sec. 381) - Burmeseအောက်ဖော်ပြပါ အခြေအနေနှင့် အချိန်အခါမှတစ်ပါး နိုင်ငံသားများ၏တရားဝင်ရပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသော နစ်နာချက်များအတွက် ဥပဒေဖြင့် သတ်မှတ်ထားသော ရယူပိုင်ခွင့်များကို ငြင်းပယ်ခြင်းမပြုရ -
(က) တိုင်းတစ်ပါးမှ ကျူးကျော်ဝင်ရောက်တိုက်ခိုက်ချိန်၊
(ခ) ဆူပူသောင်းကျန်းမှုများဖြစ်ပေါ်နေချိန်၊
(ဂ) အရေးပေါ် အခြေအနေ ဖြစ်ပေါ်နေချိန်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၈၁)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
Nothing in this Division7 derogates the rights and freedoms of the individual under any other law and, in particular, an Organic Law or an Act of the Parliament may provide further guarantees of rights and freedoms and may further restrict the limitations that may be placed on, or on the exercise of, any right or freedom (including the limitations that may be imposed under Section 38 (general qualifications on qualified rights)). (Sec. 33)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
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The rights of citizens are suspended by imposition of grave corporal penalty or specific accessory penalty, and for executory sentence of civil interdiction. (Art. 47) - Spanish
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Los derechos ciudadanos se suspenden por imposición de pena corporal grave o penas accesorias específicas, y por sentencia ejecutoriada de interdicción civil. (Art. 47)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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(7) The exercise and operation of all the fundamental rights declared and recognized by Articles 12, 13(1), 13(2) and 14 shall be subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed by law in the interests of national security, public order and the protection of public health or morality, or for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others, or of meeting the just requirements of the general welfare of a democratic society. For the purposes of this paragraph “law” includes regulations made under the law for the time being relating to public security.
… (Art. 15) - Sinhala...
(7) 12 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවෙන්, 13 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවේ (1) වැනි හා (2) වැනි අනුව්යවස්ථාවලින් සහ 14 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් ප්රකාශ කොට පිළිගෙන ඇති සියලුම මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් භුක්ති විඳිය හැක්කේ ද, ක්රියාත්මක විය හැක්කේ ද, රාජ්ය ආරක්ෂාව ද, රටේ යථා පැවැත්ම ද, තහවුරු කිරීම පිණිසත්, මහජන සෞඛ්යය හෝ සදාචාරය ආරක්ෂා කිරීම පිණිසත්, අන්යයන්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් හා නන් වැදෑරුම් නිදහස නිසි පරිදි පිළිගන්නා බවට සහ ඊට නිසි පරිදි ගරු කරන බවට වගබලා ගැනීම පිණිසත්, ප්රජාතන්තවාදී සමාජයක පොදු සුභසාධනය සඳහා යුක්ති සහගතව අවශ්ය දෑ සපුරාලීම පිණිසත්, නීතියෙන් නියම කරනු ලැබිය හැකි සීමා කිරීම්වලට යටත්ව ය. මෙම අනුව්යවස්ථාවේ කාර්ය සඳහා "නීතිය" යන්නට මහජන ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳව තත්කාලයේ අදාළ වන නීතිය යටතේ සාදන ලද නියෝග ද ඇතුළත් වන්නේ ය.
… (15 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
For the duration of a state of war, the Constitution is suspended, [and] the President of the Republic assumes all the powers.
… (Art. 101) - Arabic
يُوقَف العمل بالدّسترو مدّة حالة الحرب، ويتولّى رئيس الجمهوريّة جميع السّلطات.
… (المــادة 101) - French
Pendant la durée de l’état de guerre, la Constitution est suspendue, le Président de la République assume tous les pouvoirs.
… (Art. 101)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishWhere every person in Saint Vincent is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, color, 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;
b. freedom of conscience, of expressions and of assembly and association: and
c. protection for the privacy of his home and other property and from deprivation of property without compensation, the provisions of this Chapter4 shall have effect for the purpose of affording protection to those rights and freedoms subject to such limitations of that protection as are contained in those provisions, being limitations designed to ensure that the enjoyment of the said rights and freedoms by any person does not prejudice the rights and freedoms of other or the public interest. (Sec. 1)