22 Protection of freedom of conscience or religion 23. (1) A person has a right to freedom of thought, conscience or religion. (2) Except with the free consent of that person, a person shall not be hindered in the enjoyment of the freedom of conscience, and for the purposes of this section freedom of conscience includes freedom of thought and of religion, freedom to change religion or belief, and freedom of worship either alone or in community with others. (3) A religious community is entitled to establish and maintain places of education and to manage any place of education which that community wholly maintains, and that community may not be prevented from providing religious instruction for persons of that community in the course of any education provided at any place of education which that community wholly maintains or in the course of any education which that community otherwise provides. (4) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question makes provision ­ (a) that is reasonably required in the interest of defence, public safety, public order, public morality or public health; or (b) that is reasonably required for the purpose of protecting the rights and freedoms of other persons, including the right to observe and practise any religion or belief without the unsolicited intervention of members of any other religion or belief. Protection of freedom of expression 24. (1) A person has a right of freedom of expression and opinion. (2) A person shall not except with the free consent of that person be hindered in the enjoyment of the freedom of expression, which includes the freedom of the press and other media, that is to say ­ (a) freedom to hold opinions without interference; (b) freedom to receive ideas and information without interference; (c) freedom to communicate ideas and information without interference (whether the communication be to the public generally or to any person or class of persons); and (d) freedom from interference with the correspondence of that person. (3) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question makes provision ­ (a) that is reasonably required in the interests of defence, public safety, public order, public morality or public health; (b) that is reasonably required for the purpose of ­ 22