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10. Anything contained in or done under the authority of any law necessary in a
democratic society shall not be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention
ofa.
clause (1), (2) (e) or (8), to the extent that the law in question makes
necessary provision relating to the grounds of privilege or public policy on
which evidence shall not be disclosed or witnesses are not competent or
cannot be compelled to give evidence in any proceedings;
b.
clause (2) (a), to the extent that the law in question imposes upon any
person charged with an offence the burden of proving particular facts or
declares that the proof of certain facts shall be prima facie the offence or of
any element thereof;
c.
clause (2) (e), to the extent that the law in question imposes conditions that
must be satisfied if witnesses called to testify on behalf on an accused
person are to be paid their expenses out of public funds;
d.
• Right to appeal judicial decisions
• Emergency provisions
• Protection from false imprisonment
• Regulation of evidence collection
• Right to privacy
clause (5), to the extent that the law in question authorizes a court to try a
member of a disciplinary force for an offence notwithstanding any trial and
conviction or acquittal of that member under the disciplinary law of that
force, so, however, that any court so trying such a member and convicting
the member shall in sentencing the person to any punishment take into
account any punishment awarded the member under that disciplinary law.
11. Every person convicted of an offence shall be entitled to appeal in accordance
with law against the conviction, sentence and any order made on the conviction.
12. For the purposes of clause 2(i), a person who has, in accordance with law, been
served with a summons or other process requiring the person to appear at the
time and place appointed for the trial and who does not so appear shall be
deemed to have consented to the trial taking place in the person's absence.
13. Every person convicted of an offence and who has suffered punishment as a
result of the conviction shall, if it is subsequently shown that there has been a
serious miscarriage of justice, be entitled to be compensated by the State
according to law.
20. 1. Every person has a right not to be subjecteda.
without the consent of that person, to the search of the person or property
or premises of that person or to the lawful entry by others on the premises
of that person;
b.
2.
without the consent of the person or an order of the Supreme Court, to the
interception of the correspondence or other means of communication of
that person either written, oral or through any medium.
Anything contained in or done under the authority of any law shall not be held to
be inconsistent with or in contravention of clause (1) (a) to the extent that the
law in question makes provisiona.
Seychelles 1993 (rev. 2011)
that is reasonably required in the interest of defence, public safety, public
order, public morality, public health, the administration of Government,
town and country planning, nature conservation and the economic
development and well-being of the country;
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