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PDF generated: 12 Aug 2019, 19:19 constituteproject.org Fiji's Constitution of 2013 This complete constitution has been generated from excerpts of texts from the repository of the Comparative Constitutions Project, and distributed on constituteproject.org. constituteproject.org PDF generated: 12 Aug 2019, 19:19 Table of contents Preamble . 8 CHAPTER 1: THE STATE . 8 1. The Republic of Fiji . 8 2. Supremacy of the Constitution . 9 3. Principles of constitutional interpretation . 9 4. Secular State . 9 5. Citizenship . 10 CHAPTER 2: BILL OF RIGHTS . 11 6. Application . 11 7. Interpretation of this Chapter . 11 8. Right to life . 12 9. Right to personal liberty . 12 10. Freedom from slavery, servitude, forced labour and human trafficking . 13 11. Freedom from cruel and degrading treatment . 14 12. Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure . 14 13. Rights of arrested and detained persons . 14 14. Rights of accused persons . 15 15. Access to courts or tribunals . 17 16. Executive and administrative justice . 18 17. Freedom of speech, expression and publication . 18 18. Freedom of assembly . 19 19. Freedom of association . 20 20. Employment relations . 20 21. Freedom of movement and residence . 21 22. Freedom of religion, conscience and belief . 22 23. Political rights . 23 24. Right to privacy . 24 25. Access to information . 24 26. Right to equality and freedom from discrimination . 24 27. Freedom from compulsory or arbitrary acquisition of property . 25 28. Rights of ownership and protection of iTaukei, Rotuman and Banaban lands . 26 29. Protection of ownership and interests in land . 27 30. Right of landowners to fair share of royalties for extraction of minerals . 27 31. Right to education . 28 32. Right to economic participation . 28 33. Right to work and a just minimum wage . 28 34. Right to reasonable access to transportation . 29 Fiji 2013 Page 2 constituteproject.org PDF generated: 12 Aug 2019, 19:19 35. Right to housing and sanitation . 29 36. Right to adequate food and water . 29 37. Right to social security schemes . 29 38. Right to health . 29 39. Freedom from arbitrary evictions . 29 40. Environmental rights . 30 41. Rights of children . 30 42. Rights of persons with disabilities . 30 43. Limitation of rights under states of emergency . 31 44. Enforcement . 31 45. Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission . 32 CHAPTER 3: PARLIAMENT . 34 Part A: LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY . 34 46. Legislative authority and power of Parliament . 34 47. Exercise of legislative powers . 34 48. Presidential assent . 35 49. Coming into force of laws . 35 50. Regulations and similar laws . 35 51. Parliamentary authority over international treaties and conventions . 35 Part B: COMPOSITION . 35 52. Members of Parliament . 35 53. Proportional representation system . 36 54. Composition of Parliament . 36 55. Voter qualification and registration . 37 56. Candidates for election to Parliament . 37 57. Candidates who are public officers . 38 58. Term of Parliament . 39 59. Writ for election . 39 60. Date of nomination . 40 61. Date of polling . 40 62. Early dissolution of Parliament . 40 63. Vacation of seat of member of Parliament . 40 64. Next candidate to fill vacancy . 42 65. Vacancies in membership . 42 66. Court of Disputed Returns . ..

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