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(3) No person shall , in the exercise of the right conferred by this
Article, do, or caus e to be done, any act which may be contrary to public
health, de cency and morality or breach public peace , or convert another person
from one religion to another or any act or conduct that may jeopardize other's
religion .
27. Right to i nformation : Every citizen shall have the right to demand and receive
information on any matter of his or her interest or of public interest.
Provided that no one shall be compelled to provide information on any
matter of which confidentiality must be maintained in accordance with law.
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28. Right to p rivacy : The privacy of any person, his or her residence , property,
document, data, correspondence and matters relating to his or her character
shall , except in accordance with law, be inviolable.
29. Right against e xploitation : (1) Every person shall have the right against
exploitation.
(2) No person shall be exploited in any manner on the ground s of
religion, custom, tradition, usage, practice or on any other grounds.
(3) No one shall be subjected to trafficking nor shall one be held in
slavery or servitude.
(4) No one shall be forced to work against his or her will.
Provided that nothing shall be deemed to prevent the making of law
empowering the State to require citizens to perform compulsory service for
public purposes.
(5) Act contrary to clauses (3) and (4) shall be punishable by law and
the victim shall have the right to obtain compensation from the perpetrator in
accordance with law.
30. Right to clean environment : (1) Every citizen shall have the right to live in a
clean and healthy environment.
(2) The victim shall have the right to obtain compensation, in
accordance with law, for any injury caused from environmental pollution or
degradation.
(3) This Article shall not be deemed to prevent the making of
necessary legal provisions for a proper balance between the environment and
development, in development works of the nation.
31. Right relating to e ducation : (1) Every citizen shall have the right of access to
basic education.
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(2) Every citizen shall have the right to get compulsory and free
education up to the basic level and free education up to the secondary level
from the State.
(3) The citizens with disabilities and the economically indigen t
citizens shall have the right to get free higher education in accordance with
law.
(4) The visually impaired citizens shall have the righ t to get free
education through brail script and the citizens with hearing or speaking
impairment, to get free educ ation through sign language, in accordance with
law.
(5) Every Nepalese community residing in Nepal shall have the right
to get education in its mother tongue and, for that purpose, to open and operate
schools and educational institutes , in accordance with law.
32. Right to language and c ulture : (1) Every person and community shall have the
right to use their languages.
(2) Every person and community shall have the right to participate in
the cultural life of their communities.
(3) Every Nepalese communit y residing in Nepal shall have the right
to preserve and promote its language, script, culture, cultural civilization and
heritage.
33. Right to e mployment : (1) Every citizen shall have the right to employment.
The ter ms and conditions of employment , and unemployment benefit shall be
as provided for in the Federal law.
(2) Every citizen shall have the right to choose employment.
34. Right to l abour : (1) Every labourer shall have the right to practice appropriate
labour.
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Explanation : For the purposes of this Article, "labourer" means a labourer
or worker who does physical or mental work for an employer in consideration
for remuneration.
(2) Every labourer shall have the right to appropriate remuneration,
facilities and contributory social security.
(3) Every labourer shall have the right to form and join trade unions
and to engage in collective bargaining, in accordance with law.
35. Right relating to h ealth : (1) Every citizen shall have the right to free basic
health services from the State, and n o one shall be deprived of emergency
health services.
(2) Every person shall have the right to get information about his or
her medical treatment.
(3) Every citizen shall have equal access to health services.
(4) Every citi zen shall have the right of access to clean drinking
water and sanitation.
36. Right relating to f ood: (1) Every citizen shall have the right relating to food.
(2) Every citizen shall have the right to be safe from the state of
being in danger of life from the scarcity of food.
(3) Every citizen shall have the right to food sovereignty i n
accordance with law .
37. Right to h ousing : (1) Every citizen shall have the right to an appropriate
housing.
(2) No citizen shall be evicted from the residence owned by him or
her nor shall his or her residence be infringed except in accordance with law.
38. Rights of w omen : (1) Every woman shall have equal lineage right without
gender based discrimination .
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(2) Every woman shall have the right to safe motherhood and
reproductive health.
(3) No wom an shall be subjected to physical, mental, sexual,
psychological or other form of violence or exploitation on grounds of religion,
social, cultural tradition, practice or on any other grounds. Such act shall be
punishable by law, and the victim shall have the right to obtain compensation
in accordance with law.
(4) Women shall have the right to participate in all bodies of the
State on the basis of the principle of proportional inclusi on.