2010 ED] CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES [CAP 167
seven days after the making of the declaration and the members
may, until a new National Assembly first meets, meet and
continue to meet for the purpose of discharging the functions of
the National Assembly for the purposes of article 41.
(3) For the purposes of clause (2), the speaker or Deputy
Speaker immediately before the dissolution of the National
Assembly shall preside over the sittings of the National
Assembly.
43. (1) This article shall apply during any period of public
emergency.
(2) Notwithstanding this Chapter but subject to clause (3), a
law may provide for the taking during a period of public
emergency of such measures as are strictly required to meet the
exigencies of the situation.
(3) A law referred to in clause (2) shall not provide for the
taking of measures that are inconsistent with which articles 15,
16, 17, 18 (3) 19 (2) to (6) and (11), 21 and 27.
(4) Where a law referred to in clause (2) provides for the
detention of persons provision shall be made in the law−
(a)
that, as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any case
not more than seven days after the commencement of the
detention, the person detained shall be furnished with a
statement in writing, in, as far as is practicable, a
language that the person understands, specifying in detail
the grounds upon which the person is detained;
(b)that not more than seven days after the commencement of
the detention, a notice shall be published in the Gazette
and a local daily newspaper of wide circulation in
Seychelles stating the name of the person detained and
the particulars of the law under which the detention was
made;
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Restrictions of
rights and
freedoms
during a
period of
public
emergency