Reasonable restrictions on freedom of speech permit laws for security, public order, morality and specific harms while validating consistent prior laws. Amendment to Article 19 provides that freedom of speech and expression is subject to reasonable restrictions in the interests of state security, friendly foreign relations, public order, decency or morality, and for contempt, defamation or incitement to an offence, and treats the substituted clause as always enacted. It also clarifies that nothing prevents laws on professional or technical qualifications or the State's conduct of trade or services, and validates pre existing laws consistent with the amended Article while preserving the constitutional meaning of 'law in force.'
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Reasonable restrictions on freedom of speech permit laws for security, public order, morality and specific harms while validating consistent prior laws.
Amendment to Article 19 provides that freedom of speech and expression is subject to reasonable restrictions in the interests of state security, friendly foreign relations, public order, decency or morality, and for contempt, defamation or incitement to an offence, and treats the substituted clause as always enacted. It also clarifies that nothing prevents laws on professional or technical qualifications or the State's conduct of trade or services, and validates pre existing laws consistent with the amended Article while preserving the constitutional meaning of "law in force."
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