CHAPTER II
PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
Protection of right to personal liberty
5.-(1) No person shall be deprived of his personal liberty save as may be authorised by law in any of the following cases, that is to say -
(a) in consequence of his unfitness to plead to a criminal charge;
(b) in execution of the sentence or order of a court, whether established for Solomon Islands or some other country, in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted;
(c) in execution of the order of a court of record punishing him for contempt of that court or of a court inferior to it;
(d) in execution of the order of a court made to secure the fulfilment of any obligation imposed on him by law;
(e) for the purpose of bringing him before a court in execution of the order of a court;
(f) upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, or being about to commit, a criminal offence under the law in force in Solomon Islands;
(g) in the case of a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years, under the order of a court or with the consent of his parent or guardian, for the purpose of his education or welfare;
(Ii) for the purpose of preventing the spread of an infectious or contagious disease;
(i) in the case of a person who is, or is reasonably suspected to be, of unsound mind, addicted to drugs or alcohol, or a vagrant, for the purpose of his care or treatment or the protection of the community;
(j) for the purpose of preventing the unlawful entry of that person into Solomon Islands, or for the purpose of effecting the expulsion, extradition or other lawful removal of that person from Solomon Islands or for the purpose of restricting that person while he is being conveyed through Solomon Islands in the course of his extradition or removal as a convicted prisoner from one country to another; or
(k) to such extent as may be necessary in the execution of a lawful order of a court requiring that person to remain within a specified area within Solomon Islands or prohibiting him from being within such an area, or to such extent as may be reasonably justifiable for the taking of proceedings against that person relating to the
making of any such order, or to such extent as may be reasonably justifiable for restraining that person during any visit that he is permitted to make to any part of Solomon Islands in which, in consequence of any such order, his presence would otherwise be unlawful.
(2) Any person who is arrested or detained shall be informed as soon as reasonably practicable, and in a language that he understands, of the reasons for his arrest or detention.
(3) Any person who is arrested or detained -
(a) for the purpose of brining him before a court in execution of the order of a court;
(b) upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, or being about to commit, a criminal offence under the law in force in Solomon Islands,
and who is not released, shall be brought without undue delay before a court; and if any person arrested or detained upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed or being about to commit a criminal offence is not tried within a reasonable time, then, without prejudice to any further proceedings that may be brought against him, he shall be released either unconditionally or upon reasonable conditions, including in particular such conditions as are reasonable necessary to ensure that he appears at a later date for trial or for proceedings preliminary to trial.
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