7. The fundamental rights of all citizens of the Hindusthan Free State shall be as hereunder—
(i) All men and women shall have equal rights as citizens.
(ii) All citizens are equal before the law and possess equal civic rights. There shall be no law, civil or penal, substantive or procedural, of a discriminative nature.
(iii) All citizens have an equal right of access to, and use of, public roads, public wells and all other places of public resort.
(iv) All citizens have the right to free elementary education, and of admission into any educational institution maintained or aided by the State is without any distinction of caste, color or creed.
(v) Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in accordance with the regulations made in that behalf.
(vi) The State shall make suitable laws for the maintenance of health anal fitness for the work of all citizens, securing of a living wage for every is worker, the protection of mother-hoods, welfare of children, and the economic consequences of old age, infirmity and unemployment, and the State shall also make laws to ensure fair rent and fixity and permanence of tenure to agricultural tenants.
(vii) All persons are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights; viz, the enjoyment of life and liberty with the means of acquiring and possessing property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety without any exploitation of man by man.
(viii) The liberty of the person is inviolable and no one shall be deprived of his liberty of person except in accordance is with law- The privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be denied to any person, unless, in case of rebellion or invasion, the public safety requires such denial and then only in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
(ix) No person’s dwelling or property shall be entered, sequestered or confiscated save in accordance with law.
- The right of free expression of opinion, as well as the right to assemble peaceably and without arms, and to form associations or unions, is hereby guaranteed for purposes not opposed to public order or morality.
- Freedom of conscience and the free profession and practice or religion and the protection of culture and language are, subject to public order and morality, guaranteed to every citizen, and no law shall be made either directly or indirectly to endow any religion, or prohibit or restrict the free exercise thereof, or give any preference or impose any disability on account of religious belief or religious statute.
- No person attending any school receiving State-aid or other public money shall be compelled to attend the religious instruction that may be given in the school.
- No person shall, by reason ‹›f his colour, caste or creed, be prejudiced in any way in regard to public employment, office of power or honour and the exercise of any profession, trade or calling.
- No public money or property shall ever be appropriated, applied, donated or used directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit or support of any sect, denomination, sectarian institution or association or system of religion, or for charitable, industrial, educational or benevolent purposes not under the control of the State.
(xv) There shall be no State-religion for the Hindusthan Free State or for any of its Provinces.
(xvi) Every citizen shall have the right to petition to the Supreme court in respect of any infringement of his fundamental rights, and the decision of the said Court shall be final and binding on him, the State and the Provinces concerned.