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Article 15 provides for protection from cruel, inhuman and
degrading treatment;
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Article 16 provides for protection from deprivation of property;
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Article 17 provides for protection of privacy, home and property;
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Article 18 contains provisions to secure protection of the law;
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Article 19 provides for protection of freedom of conscience;
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Article 20 provides for protection of freedom of expression;
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Article 21 provides for protection of freedom of assembly and
association;
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Article 22 provides for protection of freedom of movement;
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Article 23 provides for protection from discrimination on the ground
of race, sex, tribe, etc; and,
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Article 24 provides for protection of young persons from
exploitation.
The Constitution provides for a Republican State with three arms of
Government, viz., Executive, Legislature and Judicature, each forming a
separate and distinct organ of the State.
THE EXECUTIVE
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The executive power is exercised by the President who is elected for a
term of five years by universal suffrage. Under Article 34(3), the
Constitution states:
A person shall be qualified to be a candidate for election as President if (a)
(b)
(c)
he is a citizen of Zambia;
both his parents are Zambians by birth or descent;
he has attained the age of thirty-five years;
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