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• Right to own property
• Protection from expropriation
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Article 34
The State guarantees the right to individual property. No one may be deprived of it
except by way of expropriation for cause of public utility and subject to a fair and
prior indemnification.
The State assures the facility of access to land property through the appropriate
juridical and institutional provisions and a transparent administration of the
information concerning land.
• Right to shelter
Article 35
The State facilitates the access of the citizens to housing through appropriate
financing mechanisms.
• Duty to pay taxes
Article 36
The participation of each citizen in the public expenditures must be progressive and
calculated as a function of their contributive capacity.
• Right to establish a business
• Protection of environment
• Right to competitive marketplace
Article 37
The State guarantees the freedom of enterprise within the limit of the respect for
the general interest, the public order, morality and the environment.
Article 38
The State guarantees the security of capital and of investments.
Article 39
The State guarantees the political neutrality of the Administration, of the Armed
Forces, of Justice, of the Police, of Teaching and of Education.
It organizes the Administration to the end of avoiding any act of waste and of
diversion of the public funds to personal or political ends.
TITLE III: OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
STATE
Article 40
• Establishment of constitutional court
• Right to appeal judicial decisions
• Structure of the courts
Madagascar 2010
The Institutions of the State are:
• the President of the Republic and the Government;
• the National Assembly and the Senate;
• the High Constitutional Court.
The Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal and the jurisdictions attached to them as
well as the High Court of Justice exercise the jurisdictional function.
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