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One may only be dispossessed for cause of duly declared public utility and with a just
and prior indemnification.
• Regulation of evidence collection
• Inalienable rights
Article 42
The domicile is inviolable. Searches may only be effected within the cases and the
forms prescribed by the law.
Article 43
Every Chadian has the right to establish their domicile or residence freely and in any
place whatsoever on the national territory.
• Freedom of movement
Article 44
Every Chadian has the right to circulate freely in the interior of the national territory,
to leave it and to return to it.
• Right to privacy
Article 45
The secrecy of correspondence and of communications is guaranteed by the law.
Article 46
• Protection of stateless persons
The right to asylum is granted to foreign nationals within the conditions determined
by the law.
• Extradition procedure
The extradition of political refugees is prohibited.
• Protection of environment
Article 47
Every person has the right to a healthy environment.
• Protection of environment
Article 48
The State and the decentralized territorial collectivities must see to the protection of
the environment.
The conditions of storage, of handling and of disposal of toxic wastes or pollutants
deriving from national activities are determined by the law.
The transit, importation, storage, burying, [or] dumping on the national territory of
foreign toxic wastes or pollutants is prohibited.
Chapter II: Of the Duties
• Duty to obey the constitution
Article 49
Every citizen is held to respect the Constitution, the laws and regulations as well as
the institutions and the symbols of the Republic.
Article 50
The public assets are inviolable. Every person must respect them and protect them.
Chad 1996 (rev. 2005)
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