CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI i CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI CONTENTS _______ PREAMBLE CHAPTER 1âTHE STATE 1. The Republic of Fiji 2. Supremacy of the Constitution 3. Principles of constitutional interpretation 4. Secular State 5. Citizenship CHAPTER 2 â BILL OF RIGHTS 6. Application 7. Interpretation of this Chapter 8. Right to life 9. Right to personal liberty 10. Freedom from slavery, servitude, forced labour and human trafficking 11. Freedom from cruel and degrading treatment 12. Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure 13. Rights of arrested and detained persons 14. Rights of accused persons 15. Access to courts or tribunals 16. Executive and administrative justice 17. Freedom of speech, expression and publication 18. Freedom of assembly 19. Freedom of association 20. Employment relations 21. Freedom of movement and residence 22. Freedom of religion, conscience and belief 23. Political rights 24. Right to privacy 25. Access to information 26. Right to equality and freedom from discrimination 27. Freedom from compulsory or arbitrary acquisition of property 28. Rights of ownership and protection of iTaukei , Rotuman and Banaban lands 29. Protection of ownership and interests in land 30. Right of landowners to fair share of royalties for extraction of minerals 31. Right to education 32. Right to economic participation 33. Right to work and a just minimum wage ii 34. Right to reasonable access to transportation 35. Right to housing and sanitation 36. Right to adequate food and water 37. Right to social security schemes 38. Right to health 39. Freedom from arbitrary evictions 40. Environmental rights 41. Rights of children 42. Rights of persons with disabilities 43. Limitation of rights under states of emergency 44. Enforcement 45. Human Rights a nd Anti-Discrimination Commission CHAPTER 3 â PARLIAMENT Part A â LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY 46. Legis lative authority and power of Parliament 47. Exercise of legislative powers 48. Presidential assent 49. Coming into force of laws 50. Regulations and similar laws 51. Parliament ary authority over international treaties and conventions Part B â COMPOSITION 52. Members of Parliament 53. Proportional representation system 54. Composition of Parliament 55. Voter qualification and registration 56. Candidates for election to Parliament 57. Candidates who are public officers 58. Term of Parliament 59. Writ for election 60. Date of nomination 61. Date of polling 62. Early dissolution of Parliament 63. Vacation of seat of member of Parliament 64. Next candidate to fill vacancy 65. Vacancies in membership 66. Court of Disputed Returns 67. Sessions of Parliament 68. Quorum 69. Voting
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