Page 16 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 32. Any public officer or employee, or

any private individual, who directly or indirectly

obstructs, defeats, violates or in any manner

impedes or impairs any of the following rights

and liberties of another person shall be liable to

the latter for damages:

(1) Freedom of religion;

(2) Freedom of speech;

(3) Freedom to write for the press or to

maintain a periodical publication;

(4) Freedom from arbitrary or illegal

detention;

(5) Freedom of suffrage;

(6) The right against deprivation of property

without due process of law;

(7) The right to a just compensation when

private property is taken for public use;