constituteproject.org PDF generated: 19 Feb 2021, 13:13 h. with regard to the administration of the property of persons adjudged bankrupt or of persons who have died or of persons under legal incapacity; or i. • Protection from expropriation 3. for vesting in the Republic of the ownership of underground water or unextracted oil or minerals of any kind or description. A law shall not provide for the compulsory acquisition or taking of possession of any property by the State unlessa. reasonable notice of the intention to compulsory acquire or take possession of the property and of the purpose of the intended acquisition or taking of possession are given to persons having an interest or right over the property; b. the compulsory acquisition or taking of possession is necessary in the public interest for the development or utilization of the property to promote public welfare or benefit or for public defence, safety, order, morality or health or for town and country planning; c. there is reasonable justification for causing any hardship that may result to any person who has an interest in or over the property; d. the State pays prompt and full compensation for the property; e. • Protection from expropriation • Emergency provisions • General guarantee of equality • Right to information any person who has an interest or right over the property has a right of access to the Supreme Court whether direct or on appeal from any other authority for the determination of the interest of the interest or right, the legality of the acquisition or taking of possession of the property, the amount of compensation payable to the person and for the purpose of obtaining prompt payment of compensation. 4. Where the property acquired by the State under this article is not used, within a reasonable time, for the purpose for which it was acquired, the State shall give, to the person who owned it immediately before the acquisition of the property, an option to buy the property. 5. A law imposing any restriction on the acquisition or disposal of property by a person who is not a citizen of Seychelles shall not be held to be inconsistent with clause (1). 27. 1. Every person has a right to equal protection of the law including the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set out in this Charter without discrimination on any ground except as is necessary in a democratic society. 2. Clause (1) shall not preclude any law, programme or activity which has as its object the amelioration of the conditions of dis-advantaged persons or groups. 28. 1. The State recognises the right of access of every person to information relating to that person and held by a public authority which is performing a governmental function and the right to have the information rectified or otherwise amended, if inaccurate. 2. The right of access to information contained in clause (1) shall be subject to such limitations and procedures as may be prescribed by law and are necessary in democratic society includinga. Seychelles 1993 (rev. 2011) for the protection of national security; Page 15