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Rh 36. Every person is entitled to address petitions to the authorities and to have them attended to and decided in periods not greater than 45 days, with notice of the decision made.

On lapse of the period fixed by law, or, if there is none, of the period above specified, the interested party can appeal in the manner authorised by law, as if his petition had been denied.

37. The inhabitants of the Republic are entitled to assemble peacefully and without arms, to parade and associate themselves for all lawful purposes of life, in accordance with the relevant legislation, without other limitation than that necessary to insure public order.

The formation and existence of political organisations contrary to the régime of the democratic representative government of the Republic, or which attack the completeness of the national sovereignty, are unlawful.

38. Every act which prohibits or limits the participation of citizens in the political life of the Nation is declared punishable.

39. Only Cuban citizens can exercise public functions which involve jurisdiction.

40. Legal or administrative provisions, or those of any other kind, which regulate the exercise of the rights which this Constitution guarantees, shall be null if they diminish, restrict or impair them.

Reasonable action for the protection of the individual rights above guaranteed is legitimate.

The right of action to prosecute infringements of this Title is public, without surety or formality of any kind, and by a simple denunciation.

The enumeration of the rights guaranted in this Title does not exclude the others that this Constitution establishes, nor others of analogous nature or that are derived from the principle of the sovereignty of the people and from the republican form of government.

41. The guarantees of the rights recognised in Articles 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 (first and second paragraphs), 32, 33, 36 and 37 (first paragraph) of this Constitution can be suspended, in all or a part of the national territory, for a period not to exceed 45 calendar days, when the safety of the Nation requires it,