CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE

2. The State shall protect rights relating to intellectual property, including
copyright, and shall promote the practice and dissemination of literature and art.
Article 95
Right to Assistance of the Disabled and the Aged
1. All citizens shall have the right to assistance in the case of disability or old age.
2. The State shall promote and encourage the creation of conditions for realising
this right.
TITLE IV
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, FINANCIAL AND FISCAL ORGANISATION
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article 96
Economic Policy
1. The State economic policy shall be directed towards laying the fundamental
bases for development, improving the living conditions of the people,
strengthening the sovereignty of the State, and consolidating national unity,
through the participation of citizens and the efficient use of human and material
resources.
2. Without prejudice to balanced development, the State shall guarantee the
distribution of national wealth and it shall recognise and esteem the role of
productive zones.
Article 97
Fundamental Principles
The economic and social order of the Republic of Mozambique shall aim to
satisfy the basic needs of the people and to promote social well being, and shall
be based on the following fundamental principles:
a) on the value of labour;
b) on market forces;
c) on the initiatives of economic operators;
d) on the co-existence of the public sector, the private sector and the social
and co-operative sector;

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