Protection of life and personal liberty
included in editionWhat does this mean?
A person's life or personal liberty cannot be taken away except according to procedure established by law. The short constitutional text has been developed extensively by courts; a fuller account must also identify the relevant judgments.
Enforceable constitutional rights, their limits, protective exceptions and the courts' remedies.
An alleged unlawful deprivation of personal liberty calls for the constitutional text, the facts and the applicable judicial safeguards.
Why is this provision here?
A constitutional government must justify deprivation of life or liberty through law rather than arbitrary power. Courts have developed the safeguards further in specific cases.
This Article number belongs to the original constitutional framework, but its present wording may include later amendments or substitutions. A provision-specific original Assembly debate has not been verified here. The explanation of function above is editorial inference from the text, not an attributed single motive of the framers. The original draft-making archive is a research resource, not proof of a particular historical reason.
The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.
Limits, exceptions & reading carefully
Educational summary of the linked source text. Exceptions, provisos, implementing laws and applicable judgments must be read before applying it to a real case.
Read the official constitutional text
Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.