The State shall consult the Supreme Council in all matters pertaining to the protection and fostering of the Buddha Sasana.
All persons are equal before the law and are entitled to the equal protection of the law.
No person shall on the grounds of race, religion, language, caste, sex, political or other opinion, place of birth or any one of such grounds, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to access to shops, public restaurants, hotels, places of public entertainment and places of public worship of his own religion. No restriction shall be placed on the exercise of the rights declared and recognised by this article other than such restrictions prescribed by law as are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public order or the protection of public health or for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Every person is entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion including the freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice. Every person is entitled to the freedom, either by himself or in association with others, and either in public or in private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.