Papua New Guinea

Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea

PART III. – BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT.

Division 3. – Basic Rights.

Subdivision C. – Qualified Rights.

42. LIBERTY OF THE PERSON.

(3) A person who is arrested or detained–

(a) for the purpose of being brought before a court in the execution of an order of a court ; or
(b) upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, or being about to commit, an offence, shall, unless he is released, be brought without delay before a court or a judicial officer and, in a case referred to in paragraph (b), shall not be further held in custody in connection with the offence except by order of a court or judicial officer.

Keywords

Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty
Rights during trial - tried without undue delay



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