The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-10 00:00:00

ON CIVIL RIGHTS.

Art. 3. Every Greek is equal in the eye of the law,
and shall contribute without distinction to the burdens of
the state, in proportion to his property. Greek citizens
only shall be capable of holding public office. Citizens
are such as have acquired or are acquiring the qualifica-
tions of citizens, according to the laws of the realm.
Art. 4. Personal freedom is inviolable • no individual
can be prosecuted, arrested, or imprisoned or molested,
otherwise than as the law directs.
Art. 5. Except in case of flagrante delicto, no indivi-
dual shall be arrested or imprisoned but by warrant,
stating the cause of complaint, and communicated at the
time of arrest or detention.
Art. 6. No punishment shall be enforced without a law
existing as to the case in question.
Art. 7. Individuals, whether singly or in a body, have
the right of petitioning the authorities, provided they ob-
serve the laws of the realm.
Art. 8. The dwelling of every individual is inviolable;
no search shall take place in dwelling-houses, other-
wise than as the law directs.
Art. 9. In Greece man shall neither be bought or
sold ; the slave, whether by birth or purchase, of every
race or religion, shall be free from the moment when he
sets his foot on the soil of Greece.
Art. 10. Every one has the right of publishing his
ideas by word of mouth, by writing, or by means of the
press ; provided he observe the laws of the realm. The
press is free, and censorship interdicted. The respon-
sible editors, publishers, and printers of newspapers
shall not be obliged to furnish any sums by way of
caution money, and all publishers of public journals
must be Greek citizens.
Art. 11. The higher branches of public education shall
be provided for at the expense of the State, the educa-
tion in the Demi by contributions in aid made by the
State according to the necessities of the Demi. Every
individual has the right to form an educational estab-
lishment, provided he conform to the laws of the realm.
Art. 12. No individual shall be deprived of his pro-
perty except
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law
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in each case
the indemnification shall be first paid.
Art. 13. Torture and confiscations are interdicted.
Art. 14. The secresy of letters is inviolable.
ON THE STATE.

Art. 15. The legislative power to the Sove-
reign, the Chamber of Representatives, and the Senate.
Art. 16. The initiative of laws is in the Sovereign, the
Chamber, and the Senate. Every law regarding the annul
budgets, the income and expenditure of the State, the dis-
posal of national property, the annual regulation of the
land and sea forces, and enlistment for the army and
navy shall first be brought before, and be voted by, the
Chamber of Representatives.
Art. 17. Every motion for the augmentation of the
budget, or for the pay or pension, or in general for any
persona( emolument, shall emanate from the Chamber
or the Senate.

Art. 18. In the case of any bill being rejected by any
one of the three legislative powers, it shall not be again
moved during the same session.

Art. 19. The official interpretation of all laws belongs
to the legislative body.
Art. 20. The executive power is in the King, and is
exercised by his ministers.
Art, 21. The judicial authority is exercised by the
courts of law: nevertheless, their sentences shall be exe-
cuted in the name of the King.

THE KING.

Art. 22. The person of the King is sacred and invio-
lable, his ministers being responsible.
Art. 23. No act of the King has force, or shall be exe-
cuted, unless it be countersigned by the minister of the
proper department, who by his signature becomes re •
sponsible. In case of a complete change of ministry, and
if no one of the ministers retiring shall consent to sign
the decrees of dissolution of the old ministry, and the
formation of the new one, the new President of the Coun-
cil shall sign them.
Art. 24. The King shall appoint and dismiss his mi-
nisters.

Art. 25. The King is the supreme authority of the
State, commands the land and sea forces, declares war,
makes treaties of peace, alliance, and commerce, but shall
communicate them to the Chamber and to the Senate,
accompanied by the necessary explanations, as soon as
the interest and safety of the State shall require, and
with regard to treaties of commerce and others, which
contain cessions which, according to the other articles of
the present constitution, cannot be enforced without a
law ; also treaties by which personal injury may accrue
to any Greek, shall have no force without the consent of
the Chamber and Senate.

Art. 26. No cession orexchange of territory shall be
made without a law, nor shall any secret articles of a
treaty contravene the'power of the open articles.
Art. 27. The King shall appoint and promote all mi-
litary and naval officers, shall appoint all civil officers,
with the exception of those determined by law, but he
can make no appointment unless previously determined
by law.
Art. 28. The King gives the necessary decrees for t
execution of the laws : he cannot, however, defer the
execution, nor except"any one from their execution.
Art. 29. The King confirms and publishes the laws.
Art. 30. The King shall assemble regularly once a
year the Chamber and the Senate, but he may assemble
them as often as he judges expedient, and shall open and
close the session either in his own person or by proxy;
and he has the right of dissolving the Chamber ; but
the order for its dissolution shall contain, at the same
time, the period for its next meeting—thit of the upper
house within two months, that of the lower within three
months.

Art. 31. The King has the right to put off the meeting
of the Chambers, or to prorogue them during their
annual session; but this prorogation shall not endure
longer than forty days, nor can the Chambers be pro-
rogued more than once during the session, without the
consent of the Chainber and the Senate.
Art. 32. The King has the right of pardoning, chang-
ing, or diminishing the punishments by sentence of