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452 A HISTORY OF CHILE trate designated by the law, to demand the enforcement of the legal forms. Such magistrate shall order the accused to be brought before him, and such order shall be implicitly obeyed by all those in charge of prisoners or places of detention. As soon as he shall have informed himself of the facts in the case he shall cause all legal defects to be remedied and place the accused at the disposal of the proper judge; proceeding summarily and with dispatch, correcting defects or report- ing them to the proper authority. Art. 144 In criminal cases the accused shall not be obliged to take oath as to his or her own acts, nor shall his or her children or grandchildren, husband or wife, or relatives to the third degree of consanguinity and second of affinity, inclusive, be so obliged. Art. 145 Tortures shall not be applied, nor in any case shall confiscation of property be imposed. No infamous penalty shall extend beyond the person of the condemned. Art. 146 The house of every inhabitant of Chilean territory is an inviolable asylum, and can not be torn down except for special cause determined by law, and in virtue of the order of the proper authority. Art, 147 Epistolary correspondence is inviolable. No papers or documents can be opened, intercepted or searched, except in the cases specially designated by law. Art. 148 The Congress alone can impose taxes, direct or indirect, and with- out its special authorization, every authority of the State, and every individual is forbidden to impose them, under any pretext whatever. Art. 149 No kind of personal service or tax can be exacted, except in virtue of a decree by the proper authority based on the law authorizing such exaction, and showing such decree to the party taxed in the act of imposing such service or tax. Art. 150 No armed body shall make requisitions, or exact any kind of assis- tance, except through the civil authorities, and by request of the same.