constituteproject.org PDF generated: 19 Feb 2021, 13:13 b. that is reasonably required for the purpose of protecting the rights or freedoms of other persons; c. that authorises an officer or agent of the Government or a local authority, or a body corporate established by law for public purposes, to enter on the premises of any person in order to inspect or value those premises or anything therein for the purpose of any tax, rate, due or duty or in order to carry out work connected with any property that is lawfully on those premises and that belongs to the Government or that authority or body corporate, as the case may be; or d. • Emergency provisions • Freedom of religion • Freedom of opinion/thought/conscience that authorises, for the purpose of enforcing of the judgment or order of a court in any civil proceedings, the search of any person or property by order of a court or the entry upon any premises by such order; except so far as that provision or, as the case may be, the thing done under the authority thereof is shown not to be necessary in a democratic society. 21. 1. Every person has a right to freedom of conscience and for the purpose of this article this right includes freedom of thought and religion, freedom to change religion or belief and freedom either alone or in community with others and both in public and in private, to manifest and propagate the religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance. 2. The freedom to manifest and propagate a religion or belief may be subject to such limitations as may be prescribed by a law and necessary in a democratic societya. • Official religion • Freedom of expression in the interests of defence, public safety, public order, public morality or public health; or b. for the purpose of protecting the rights or freedoms of other persons. 3. A person attending any place of education shall not be compelled to impart or receive religious instruction or to take part in or attend any religious ceremony or observance. 4. Subject to this Constitution or any other law, a person shall not be compelled to take any oath that is contrary to the religion or belief of that person or to take any oath in a manner that is contrary to that religion or belief. 5. A person shall not be required to profess any religion as a qualification for public office. 6. A law shall not make provision for the establishment of any religion or the imposition of any religious observance. 7. Anything in this article shall not preclude any religious community or denomination from providing religious instruction for persons of that community or denomination in the course of any education provided by that community or denomination. 22. 1. Every person has a right to freedom of expression and for the purpose of this article this right includes the freedom to hold opinions and to seek, receive and impart ideas and information without interference. 2. The right under clause (1) may be subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed by a law and necessary in a democratic societya. Seychelles 1993 (rev. 2011) in the interest of defence, public safety, public order, public morality or public health; Page 12