Consolidated Constitution including Acts XXXIX of 2025, IX of 2026 and XVI of 2026
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CHAPTER IV
- Jurisdiction
- Malta
- Provision
- 38
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source38. (1) Except with his own consent or by way of parental discipline, no person shall be subjected to the search of his person or his property or the entry by others on his premises.
(2) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this article to the extent that the law in question makes provision -
Protection for privacy of home orother property.
Provisions to secure protection of law.
premises by such order, or that is necessary for the purpose of preventing or detecting criminal offences,
and except so far as that provision or, as the case may be, the thing done under the authority thereof is shown not to be reasonably justifiable in a democratic society.
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Consolidated Constitution including Acts XXXIX of 2025, IX of 2026 and XVI of 2026 · legislation.mt · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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