CHAPTER II
Declaration of Principles
Right to work.
7.
The State recognises the right of all
citizens to work and
shall promote such conditions as will
make this right effective.
Promotion of
culture, etc.
8.
The State shall promote the
development of culture and
scientific and technical research.
Safeguarding of landscape and
historical and artistic patrimony.
9.
The State shall safeguard the
landscape and the historical
and artistic patrimony of the Nation.
Compulsory and
free primary
education.
10.
Primary education shall be compulsory
and in State
schools shall be free of charge.
Educational
interests.
11.
(1) Capable and deserving students,
even if without
financial resources, are entitled to
attain the highest grades of
education.
(2) The State shall give effect to
this principle by means of
scholarships, of contributions to the
families of students and other
provisions on the basis of
competitive examinations.
Protection of work.
12.
(1) The State shall protect work.
(2) It shall provide for the
professional or vocational training
and advancement of workers.
Hours of work.
13.
(1) The maximum number of hours of
work per day shall
be fixed by law.
(2) The worker is entitled to a
weekly day of rest and to annual
holidays with pay; he cannot renounce
this right.
Equal rights of
men and women.
Substituted by:
XIX. 1991.2.
14.
The State shall promote the equal
right of men and women
to enjoy all economic, social,
cultural, civil and political rights and
for this purpose shall take
appropriate measures to eliminate all
forms of discrimination between the
sexes by any person,
organisation or enterprise; the State
shall in particular aim at
ensuring that women workers enjoy
equal rights and the same
wages for the same work as men.
Minimum age for
paid labour.
15.
The minimum age for paid labour shall
be prescribed by
law.
Safeguarding
labour of minors.
16.
The State shall provide for
safeguarding the labour of
minors and assure to them the right
to equal pay for equal work.
Social assistance
and insurance.
17.
(1) Every citizen incapable of work
and unprovided with
the resources necessary for
subsistence is entitled to maintenance
and social assistance.
(2) Workers are entitled to
reasonable insurance on a
contributory basis for their
requirements in case of accident,
illness, disability, old-age and
involuntary unemployment.
(3) Disabled persons and persons
incapable of work are entitled
to education and vocational training.
Encouragement of
private economic
enterprise.
18.
The State shall encourage private
economic enterprise.
Protection of
artisan trades.
19.
The State shall provide for the
protection and development
of artisan trades.
Encouragement of
co-operatives.
20.
The State recognises the social
function of co-operatives
and shall encourage their
development.
Application of the
principles
contained in this
Chapter.
21.
The provisions of this Chapter shall
not be enforceable in
any court, but the principles therein
contained are nevertheless
fundamental to the governance of the
country and it shall be the
aim of the State to apply these
principles in making laws.
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See also:
Constitution of Malta Act, 1964
