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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. |