CHAPTER 5
Suspension of Rights and Liberties
Section 55
General suspension of rights17; 18.2, 3; 19; 20.1 a) and d); 21; 28.2; 37.2; 116 C1. The rights recognised in sections 17 and 18, subsections 2 and 3; sections 19 and 20, subsection 1, paragraphs a) and d), and subsection 5; sections 21 and 28, subsection 2; and section 37, subsection 2, may be suspended when a state of emergency or siege (martial law) is declared under the terms provided in the Constitution. 162-165 RSubsection 3 of section 17 is excepted from the foregoing provisions in the event of the declaration of a state of emergency.
Suspension of some rights17.2, 18.2 and 3, 81 C2. An organic act may determine the manner and the circumstances in which, on an individual basis and with the necessary participation of the courts and proper parliamentary control, the rights recognised in section 17, subsection 2, and 18, subsections 2 and 3, may be suspended for specific persons in connection with investigations of the activities of armed bands or terrorist groups.
Unwarranted or abusive use of the powers recognised in the foregoing organic act shall give rise to criminal liability as a violation of the rights and freedoms recognised by the laws.
PART II
The Crown
Section 56
