Constitution as amended by the 2025 Christian Country amendment
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- Papua New Guinea
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- in force
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Official source38 . General qualifications on qualified rights.
(1) For the purposes of this Subdivision, a law that complies with the requirements of this section is a law that is made and certified in accordance with Subsection (2), and that—
right may conflict with the exercise of another, to the extent that the law is reasonably justifiable in a democratic society having a proper respect for the rights and dignity of mankind.
(2 ) For the purposes of Subsection (1), a law must—
(a) be expressed to be a law that is made for that purpose; and
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(3) The burden of showing that a law is a law that complies with the requirements of Subsection (1) is on the party relying on its validity.
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Constitution as amended by the 2025 Christian Country amendment · faolex.fao.org · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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