(8) Nothing in clause (2) shall affect any discretion relating to the
institution, conduct or discontinuance of civil or criminal proceedings in
any court that is vested in any person by or under this Constitution or
any other law.
24. (1) A young person shall not be employed and shall in no case be
caused or permitted to engage in any occupation or employment which
would prejudice his health or education or interfere with his physical,
mental or moral development:

Protection of
young persons
from exploitation

Provided that an Act of Parliament may provide for the employment of a
young person for a wage under certain conditions.
(2) All young persons shall be protected against physical or mental
ill-treatment, all forms of neglect, cruelty or exploitation.
(3) A young person shall not be the subject of traffic in any form.
(4) In this Article "young person" means any person under the age of
fifteen years.
25. Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall Derogation from
be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of Articles 13, 16, 17, fundamental rights
and detention
19, 20, 21, 22, 23 or 24 to the extent that it is shown that the law in
question authorises the taking, during any period when the Republic is at
war or when a declaration under Article 30 is in force, of measures for
the purpose of dealing with any situation existing or arising during that
period; and nothing done by any person under the authority of any such
law shall be held to be in contravention of any of the said provisions if it
is shown that the measures taken were, having due regard to the
circumstances prevailing at the time, reasonably required for the
purpose of dealing with the situation in question.
Provisions relating
26. (1) Where a person's freedom of movement is restricted, or he is
detained, under the authority of any such law as is referred to in Article to restriction and
detention
22 or 25, as the case may be, the following provisions shall apply-

(a)

he shall, as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case not
more than fourteen days after the commencement of his
detention or restriction, be furnished with a statement in writing
in a language that he understands specifying in detail the
grounds upon which he is restricted or detained;

(b)

not more than fourteen days after the commencement of his
restriction or detention a notification shall be published in the

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