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APPENDIX D: Excerpts, Constitution of the Somali Democratic Republic
Pages 57-58

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... 3. Any person who shall be detained on grounds of security shall without delay be brought before the Judicial authority which has competence over the offence for which he is detained within the time limit prescribed by law.
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Key Terms

  • mental torture
  • freedoms mentioned
  • limit prescribed
  • detained person
  • time limit

  • public order
  • personal liberty
  • commute sentences
  • judicial authority
  • grant mercy

  • corporal punishment


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