"الملف 15/15 قواعد ولوائح قوانين الجنسية في العراق والسعودية" [و‎‎٤‎٥] (١٦٢/٨٩)

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PART I.
Rights of the People.
ARTICLE 5.
'Iraq nationality shall be defined, acquired and lost in accordance with the provisions of
a special law.
# ^ ARTICLE 6,
There shall be no difference in righta before the law among 'Iraqis, notwithstanding 1
their differences of race, religion and language.
ARTICLE 7.
The personal freedom of all the inhabitants of 'Iraq shall be safe from aggression and
interference, and none of them shall be arrested or detained or punished or forced to change
his residence or submitted to bonds or compelled to serve in the armed forces except in
accordance with law. As to torment and the deportation of 'Iraqis outside the Ivin^dom of
'Iraq, they shall be absolutely forbidden.
ARTICLE 8.
Dwellings shall be safe from aggression. They shall not be entered or searched except
in the circumstances and in the manner prescribed by law.
ARTICLE 9.
No person shall be denied recourse to the Courts, or be forced to have recourse to a Court
other than the Court having jurisdiction in his case except in accordance with law.
ARTICLE 10.
The rights of ownership shall be safeguarded, and thejre shall be no forced loan, or
attachment of *property and possessions or confiscation of prohibited matters except in
accordance with law. As to unpaid forced labour and general confiscation of movable or
immovable property thev shall be absolutely forbidden. There shall be no expropriation of
the property of any person except in the public interest, in the circumstances and ip the
manner prescribed by law and subject to ju>t compensation.
*Note: —" Property and possessions " is rendered in Arabic by the words "amwal md
amlak " which cover all kinds of pioperty, movable and immovable.
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ARTICLE 11.
No taxation shall be imposed except by law thej provisions of which shall apply to all
classes
ARTICLE 12.
'Iraqis shall have freedom of expression of opinion, publication, assembly and forming
and joining association, within the limit of law.
ARTICLE 13.
Islam shall be the State religion, and the liberty to practise its forms of worship as
familiar in 'Iraq in its various sects shall .»e respected and shall not be, infringed upon.
There shall be ensured to all the inhabitants of the country complete freedom of conscience
and freedom 10 practise the forms of worship in accordance with their customs, unless such
would be prejudicial to security and order or contrary to public morals.
ARTICLE 14.
'Iraqis shall have the right to prefer petitions of complaint and memorials in matters
relating to their persons or to public affairs, to the King, the Parliament and the publio
authorities in manner and in the circumstances prescribed by law.
ARTICLE 15.
All postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications shall be secret and safe from all
surveillance or detention except in the circumstances and in the manner prescribed by law.
ARTICLE 16.
The various communities shall have the r ; ght to establish and maintain schools for the
teaching of their members in their own languages, provided that this conforms to the general
programmes prescribed by law .
ARTICLE 17.
Arabic shall be the official language, except as may be provided by special law.