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Part VIII

71.   

1.

Personal liberty shall be inviolable. No Danish subject shall in any manner

whatever be deprived of his liberty because of his political or religious

convictions or because of his descent.

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Inalienable rights

 

 

2.

A person shall be deprived of his liberty only where this is warranted by

law.

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Principle of no punishment without law

 

 

3.

Any person who is taken into custody shall be brought before a judge within

twenty-four hours. Where the person taken into custody cannot be

released immediately, the judge shall decide, stating the grounds in an

order to be given as soon as possible and at the latest within three days,

whether the person taken into custody shall be committed to prison, and in

cases where he can be released on bail, the judge shall determine the

nature and amount of such bail. This provision may be departed from by

Statute as far as Greenland is concerned, if for local considerations such

departure may be deemed necessary.

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Protection from unjustified restraint

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Right to pre-trial release