'National penalties - death sentence' in document 'Papua New Guinea - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART III. – BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT.

Division 3. – Basic Rights.

Subdivision B. – Fundamental Rights.

35. RIGHT TO LIFE.

(1) No person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except–

(a) in execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of an offence for which the penalty of death is prescribed by law ;