Legislation
ARTICLE I
Bill of Rights
Constitution (CNS) CHAPTER
ARTICLE I
Bill of Rights
Sec.
1. Rights, privileges and franchise secured; uncontested primary
elections.
2. Trial by jury; how waived.
3. Freedom of worship; religious liberty.
4. Habeas corpus.
5. Bail; fines; punishments; detention of witnesses.
6. Grand jury; waiver of indictment; right to counsel; informing
accused; double jeopardy; self-incrimination; waiver of
immunity by public officers; due process of law.
7. Just compensation for taking private property; private roads;
drainage of agricultural lands.
8. Freedom of speech and press; criminal prosecutions for libel.
9. Right to assemble and petition; divorce; lotteries;
pool-selling and gambling; laws to prevent; certain state
operated lotteries authorized; pari-mutuel betting on horse
races, and bingo or lotto permitted.
10. (Repealed.)
11. Equal protection of laws; discrimination in civil rights
prohibited.
12. Security against unreasonable searches, seizures and
interceptions.
13. (Repealed.)
14. Common law and acts of the state legislatures.
15. (Repealed.)
16. Damages for injuries causing death.
17. Labor not a commodity; hours and wages in public work; right to
organize and bargain collectively.
18. Workers' compensation.
19. Environmental rights.
Bill of Rights
Sec.
1. Rights, privileges and franchise secured; uncontested primary
elections.
2. Trial by jury; how waived.
3. Freedom of worship; religious liberty.
4. Habeas corpus.
5. Bail; fines; punishments; detention of witnesses.
6. Grand jury; waiver of indictment; right to counsel; informing
accused; double jeopardy; self-incrimination; waiver of
immunity by public officers; due process of law.
7. Just compensation for taking private property; private roads;
drainage of agricultural lands.
8. Freedom of speech and press; criminal prosecutions for libel.
9. Right to assemble and petition; divorce; lotteries;
pool-selling and gambling; laws to prevent; certain state
operated lotteries authorized; pari-mutuel betting on horse
races, and bingo or lotto permitted.
10. (Repealed.)
11. Equal protection of laws; discrimination in civil rights
prohibited.
12. Security against unreasonable searches, seizures and
interceptions.
13. (Repealed.)
14. Common law and acts of the state legislatures.
15. (Repealed.)
16. Damages for injuries causing death.
17. Labor not a commodity; hours and wages in public work; right to
organize and bargain collectively.
18. Workers' compensation.
19. Environmental rights.