The U.S.S.R. affords the right of asylum to foreign citizens persecuted for defending the interests of the working people, or for their scientific activities, or for their struggle for national liberation. It is the duty of every citizen of the U.S.S.R. to abide by the Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, to observe the laws, to maintain labor discipline, honestly to perform public duties, and to respect the rules of socialist intercourse. It is the duty of every citizen of the U.S.S.R. to safeguard and strengthen public, socialist property as the sacred and inviolable foundation of the Soviet system, as the source of the wealth and might of the country, as the source of the rosperous and cultured life of all the working people. Persons committing offenses against public, socialist property are enemies of the people. Universal military service is law.
Women have the right to elect and be elected on equal terms with men.
Citizens serving in the Red Army have the right to elect and be elected on equal terms with all other citizens. Voting at elections of deputies is secret. Candidates for election are nominated according to electoral areas. It is the duty of every deputy to report to his electors on his work and on the work of the Soviet of Working People's Deputies, and he is liable to be recalled at any time in the manner established by law upon decision of a majority of the electors. At the top of the arms is a five-pointed star.