Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland, 2005 (c) eSwatini to the search of the private communications of that person, except with the free consent of that person first obtained. (2) 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 that— (a) is reasonably required in the interests of defence, public safety, public order, public morality, public health, town and country planning, the development and utilisation of mineral resources, or the development or utilisation of any other property in such a manner as to promote the public benefit; (b) is reasonably required for the purpose of promoting the rights or freedoms of other persons; (c) authorises an officer or agent of the Goverrnment or of a local Goverrnment authority, or of a body corporate established by law for public purposes, to enter on the premises of any person in order to inspect those premises or anything on those premises for the purposes of any tax, rate or due or in order to carry out work connected with any property that is lawfully on those premises and that belongs to that Goverrnment, authority, or body corporate as the case may be; (d) authorises, for the purposes of enforcing the judgment or order of a court in any civil proceedings, the entry upon any premises by order of a court, except so far as, in respect of paragraph (c) or (d) that provision or, as the case may be, the thing done under the authority of that Goverrnment, local authority or body corporate is shown not to be reasonably justifiable in a democratic society. 23. 24. Protection of freedom of conscience or religion (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 (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; By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 11