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8. The people of the Persian Empire are to enjoy equal rights before the Law.

9. All individuals are protected and safeguarded in respect to their lives, property, homes, and honour, from every kind of interference, and none shall molest them save in such case and in such way as the laws of the land shall determine.

10. No one can be summarily arrested, save flagrante delicto in the commission of some crime or misdemeanour, except on the written authority of the President of the Tribunal of Justice, given in conformity with the Law. Even in such case the accused must immediately, or at latest in the course of the next twenty-four hours, be informed and notified of the nature of his offence.

11. No one can be forcibly removed from the tribunal which is entitled to give judgement on his case to another tribunal.

12. No punishment can be decreed or executed save in conformity with the Law.

13. Every person’s house and dwelling is protected and safeguarded, and no dwelling-place may be entered save in such case and in such way as the Law has decreed.

14. No Persian can be exiled from the country, or prevented from residing in any part thereof, or compelled to reside in any specified part thereof, save in such cases as the Law may explicitly determine.

15. No property shall be removed from the control of its owner save by legal sanction, and then only after its fair value has been determined and paid.

16. The confiscation of the property or possessions of any person under the title of punishment or retribution is forbidden, save in conformity with the Law.

17. To deprive owners or possessors. of the properties or possessions controlled by them on any pretext whatever is forbidden, save in conformity with the Law.

18. The acquisition and study of all sciences, arts and crafts is free, save in the case of such as may be forbidden by the ecclesiastical law.