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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
- 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
- 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
- English...
(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
- EnglishFundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution shall not exclude any other rights provided for by the law and shall be interpreted in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (Sec. 23)
- TetumDireitu fundamentál sira-ne’ebé konsagra iha Lei-Inan la hasai direitu selu-seluk ne’ebé temi iha lei no tenke interpreta sira tuir Deklarasaun Universál Direitus Umanus nian. (Art. 23)
- PortugueseOs direitos fundamentais consagrados na Constituição não excluem quaisquer outros constantes da lei e devem ser interpretados em consonância com a Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos. (Art. 23)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
Every human being has the right to the development and to the full realization of their person in their material, temporal, intellectual and spiritual dimensions, as long as it neither violates the rights of others nor infringes the constitutional order and good morals. (Art. 9)
- French
Tout être humain a droit au développement et au plein épanouissement de sa personne dans ses dimensions matérielle, temporelle, intellectuelle et spirituelle, pourvu qu'il ne viole pas les droits d'autrui ni n'enfreigne l'ordre constitutionnel et les bonnes mœurs. (Art. 9)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe enunciation of the rights and guarantees contained in this Constitution must not be understood as the negation of others that, being inherent to the human personality, do not expressively figure in it. The lack of [a] regulatory law may not be invoked to deny or to curtail any right or guarantee. (Art. 45)
- SpanishLa enunciación de los derechos y garantías contenidos en esta Constitución no debe entenderse como negación de otros que, siendo inherentes a la personalidad humana, no figuren expresamente en ella. La falta de ley reglamentaria no podrá ser invocada para negar ni para menoscabar algún derecho o garantía. (Art. 45)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English…
2. Human rights and citizens’ rights may not be limited unless prescribed by a law solely in case of necessity for reasons of national defense, national security, social order and safety, social morality and community well-being. (Art. 14) - Vietnamese…
2. Quyền con người, quyền công dân chỉ có thể bị hạn chế theo quy định của luật trong trường hợp cần thiết vì lý do quốc phòng, an ninh quốc gia, trật tự, an toàn xã hội, đạo đức xã hội, sức khỏe của cộng đồng. (Điều 14)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English…
The rights and duties of citizens, during war or in case of invasion or attack of the national territory by foreign forces, are made the subject of a law. (Art. 143) - French…
Les droits et devoirs des citoyens, pendant la guerre ou en cas d’invasion ou d’attaque du territoire national par des forces de l’extérieur, font l’objet d’une loi. (Art. 143)