page_title: Statuto Albertino
section_title: The Rights and Duties of Citizens (Articles 24-32)
hierarchical_section_title: Statuto Albertino / Provisions / The Rights and Duties of Citizens (Articles 24-32)
caption_attribution_description: English: Celebrations in Turin for the proclamation of the Albertine Statute (1848). Italiano: Festeggiamenti a Torino per la proclamazione dello Statuto Albertino (1848).
context_page_description: The Statuto Albertino, was the constitution that Charles Albert of Sardinia conceded to the Kingdom of Sardinia in Italy on 4 March 1848. The Statute later became the constitution of the unified Kingdom of Italy and remained in force, with changes, until 1948, although, de facto, it was mostly voided after 1925, when the prime minister Benito Mussolini began acting as dictator.
context_section_description: The Statute declared all citizens equal before the law, with equal civil and political rights regardless of ranks and titles, and made all citizens eligible for civil and military offices, except for the restrictions provided by the law.  All citizens were required to pay taxes in proportion to their possessions.
  The Statute granted the rights of habeas corpus, guaranteeing personal liberty and inviolability of the residence. Nobody could be arrested or brought to trial, or have his home searched, except in those cases and in the manners prescribed by the law. All properties were inviolable. However, if public interest mandated it, citizens could be required to give up all or part of their property with due compensation and in accordance with the law.
  Freedom of the press was granted, but the government was empowered to punish abuses of this freedom.  Moreover, the Statute granted the Bishops the sole authority to grant permission to print bibles, catechisms, liturgical and prayer books.  Citizens had the right to freely assemble, peacefully and unarmed (the right to keep and bear arms was not recognised), though the government could regulate this right in the interest of public welfare.  However, assemblies in public places were still subjected to police regulation.
  Taxes could not be levied or collected without the consent of the Chambers and the King.  The public debt is guaranteed and every obligation of the State to its creditors had to be met.
caption: Celebrations in Turin for the proclamation of the Albertine Statute, in 1848.
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