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Article 4. Right of individuals to be dealt with in accordance with law, etc

To enjoy the protection of law and to be treated in accordance with law is the inalienable right of every citizen, wherever he may be, and of every other person for the time being within Pakistan.

  1. In particular__
    1. no action detrimental to the life, liberty, body, reputation or property of any person shall be taken except in accordance with law; [1] [2] [3]
    2. no person shall be prevented from or be hindered in doing that which is not prohibited by law; and
    3. no person shall be compelled to do that which the law does not required him to do.
Annotations (3)
  • annotation [1] of the Constitution except those of Articles 6, 8 to 28, (both inclusive), clauses 2 and (2a) of Article 101, Articles 199, 213 to 216 (both inclusive) and 270-A, brought into force with effect from 10th March, 1985, vide S.R.O. No. 212(I)/85. dated 10th March, 1985, Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part-II, page 279 and the aforesaid Articles brought into force with effect from 30th December, 1985, vide S.R.O. No. 1273(I)/85 dated 29th December. 1985, Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part-I1, page 3185. ↩
  • amendment [2] the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. XXXIII of 1974), s. 2, (w.e.f. the 4th May, 1974). ↩
  • amendment [3] the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010), s. 3. 4 Ins., omitted and re-numbered by the Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2018 (Act No. XXXVII of 2018), s. 2. 5 Subs. and ins. by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O.NO. 14 of 1985), Art. 2 and Sch. ↩

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