Protection of monuments and places and objects of national importance
included in editionWhat does this mean?
The State must protect monuments, places and objects declared by parliamentary law to be of national importance against the listed forms of damage or loss. The declaration and implementing law identify the protected heritage.
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Why is this provision here?
Nationally important heritage needs a constitutional public-protection duty supported by the declaration and implementing law.
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.
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Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles
1. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 27, for "declared by Parliament by law" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
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.