constituteproject.org PDF generated: 19 Feb 2021, 13:13 b. 2. a person born on an unregistered ship or aircraft belonging to the government of a country shall be deemed to have been born in that country. Any reference in this Chapter to the national status of the father or mother of a person at the time of the birth of that person shall, in relation to a person born after the death of the father or mother, be construed as a reference to the national status of the father or mother at the time of the father's or mother's death; and accordingly, where that death occurred before the coming into force of this Constitution, the national status that the father or mother would have had if he or she had died on the coming into force of this Constitution shall be deemed to be his or her national status at the time of his or her death. CHAPTER III PART I: SEYCHELLOIS CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS • Emergency provisions • Right to life • Prohibition of capital punishment 15. 1. Everyone has a right to life and no one shall be deprived of life intentionally. 2. A law shall not provide for a sentence of death to be imposed by any court. 3. Clause (1) is not infringed if there is a loss of lifea. • Prohibition of cruel treatment • Human dignity • Emergency provisions • Prohibition of torture • Prohibition of slavery by any act or omission which is made not punishable by any law reasonably justifiable in a democratic society; or b. as a result of a lawful act of war. 16. Every person has a right to be treated with dignity worthy of a human being and not to be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 17. 1. Every person has a right not to be held in slavery or bondage. 2. Every person has a right not to be compelled to perform forced or compulsory labour. 3. Labour forced or compelled to be performed pursuant to a law necessary in a democratic society does not infringe clause (2). 18. 1. Every person has a right to liberty and security of the person. 2. The restriction, in accordance with fair procedures established by law, of the right under clause (1) in the following cases shall not be treated as an infringement of clause (1)- Seychelles 1993 (rev. 2011) a. the arrest or detention in execution of a sentence or other lawful order of a court; b. the arrest or detention on reasonable suspicion of having committed or of being about to commit an offence for the purposes of investigation or preventing the commission of the offence and of producing, if necessary, the offender before a competent court; c. the arrest or detention to prevent the spread of infectious or contagious diseases which constitute a serious threat to public health; Page 7