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PHILIPPINES
Preamble
We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to
build a just and humane society, and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and
aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to
ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of
law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and
promulgate this Constitution.
Article III
Bill of Rights
1. No person shall be deprived of life, 4. No law shall be passed abridging
liberty, or property without due the freedom of speech, of
process of law, nor shall any person expression, or of the press, or the
be denied the equal protection of right of the people peaceably to
the laws. assemble and petition the
2. The right of the people to be secure government for redress of
in their persons, houses, papers, grievances.
and effects against unreasonable 5. No law shall be made respecting an
searches and seizures of whatever establishment of religion, or
nature and for any purpose shall be prohibiting the free exercise
inviolable, and no search warrant thereof. The free exercise and
or warrant of arrest shall issue enjoyment of religious profession
except upon probable cause to be and worship, without
determined personally by the judge discrimination or preference, shall
after examination under oath or forever be allowed. No religious
affirmation of the complainant and test shall be required for the
the witnesses he may produce, and exercise of civil or political rights.
particularly describing the place to 6. The liberty of abode and of
be searched and the persons or changing the same within the limits
things to be seized. prescribed by law shall not be
impaired except upon lawful order
3. The privacy of communication and of the court. Neither shall the right
correspondence shall be inviolable to travel be impaired except in the
except upon lawful order of the interest of national security, public
court, or when public safety or safety, or public health, as may be
order requires otherwise, as provided by law.
prescribed by law. 7. The right of the people to
information on matters of public
concern shall be recognized. provided by law. The right to bail
Access to official records, and to shall not be impaired even when
documents and papers pertaining to the privilege of the writ of habeas
official acts, transactions, or corpus is suspended. Excessive bail
decisions, as well as to government shall not be required.
research data used as basis for 14. No person shall be held to answer
policy development, shall be for a criminal offense without due
afforded the citizen, subject to such process of law.
limitations as may be provided by 15. The privilege of the writ of habeas
law. corpus shall not be suspended
8. The right of the people, including except in cases of invasion or
those employed in the public and rebellion when the public safety
private sectors, to form unions, requires it.
associations, or societies for 16. All persons shall have the right to a
purposes not contrary to law shall speedy disposition of their cases
not be abridged. before all judicial, quasi-judicial,
9. Private property shall not be taken or administrative bodies.
for public use without just 17. No person shall be compelled to be
compensation. a witness against himself.
10. No law impairing the obligation of 18. No person shall be detained solely
contracts shall be passed. by reason of his political beliefs
11. Free access to the courts and quasi- and aspirations.
judicial bodies and adequate legal 19. Excessive fines shall not be
assistance shall not be denied to imposed, nor cruel, degrading or
any person by reason of poverty. inhuman punishment inflicted.
Neither shall the death penalty be
12. Any person under investigation for imposed, unless, for compelling
the commission of an offense shall reasons involving heinous crimes,
have the right to be informed of his the Congress hereafter provides for
right to remain silent and to have it. Any death penalty already
competent and independent counsel imposed shall be reduced to
preferably of his own choice. If the reclusion perpetua.
person cannot afford the services of 20. No person shall be imprisoned for
counsel, he must be provided with debt or non-payment of a poll tax.
one. These rights cannot be waived 21. No person shall be twice put in
except in writing and in the jeopardy of punishment for the
presence of counsel. same offense. If an act is punished
13. All persons, except those charged by a law and an ordinance,
with offenses punishable by conviction or acquittal under either
reclusion perpetua when evidence shall constitute a bar to another
of guilt is strong, shall, before prosecution for the same act.
conviction, be bailable by 22. No ex post facto law or bill of
sufficient sureties, or be released attainder shall be enacted.
on recognizance as may be
CONVERSION FACTORS
LENGTH TIME
1km 1000m 1min 60s
1m 100cm 1hr 60min
1in 2.54cm 1hr 3600s
1ft 30.48cm 1day 24hrs
1mi 1.609km 1yr 365days
1m 39.37in
1km 0.6214mi
1m 1.0936yd MASS
1mi 1609.3m 1kg 2.205lb
1ft 12in 1lb 453.6g
1oz 28.3495g
VOLUME
3
1mL 1cm
1L 1.057qt
1tbsp 14.787mL
1gal 4qt
1L 1dm3
1ft3 28.317L
1L 1000cm3 1.057qt 61.02in3 0.03532ft3
1m3 1000L 35.32ft3