(b) to vote or to stand for election at periodic
elections under this Constitution under a system of
universal and equal suffrage and secret ballot;
(c) to have access, on general terms of equality, to
the public service.
(2) The rights referred to in subsection (1) shall be
subject to the other provisions of this Constitution.
21. Derogation
freedoms
from
fundamental
human
rights
and
(1) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of
an Act of Parliament shall be held to be inconsistent
with or in contravention of section 6, section 18 or
section 19 of this Constitution to the extent that the
Act authorises the taking during any period when
Lesotho is at war or when a declaration of emergency
under section 23 of this Constitution is in force of
measures that are necessary in a practical sense in a
democratic society for dealing with the situation that
exists in Lesotho during that period.
(2) When a person is detained by virtue of any such law
as is referred to in subsection (1) the following
provisions shall apply, that is to say—
(a) he shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after
the commencement of his detention, be furnished with a
statement in writing in a language that he understands
specifying in detail the grounds upon which he is
detained;
(b) not more than fourteen days after the commencement
of his detention, a notification shall be published in
the Gazette stating that he has been detained and
giving particulars of the provision of law under which
his detention is authorised;