Constitution Of The State Of Indiana And Amendments Classic Reprint

Author : Indiana Indiana
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ISBN 13 : 9781331179412
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book Constitution of the State of Indiana and Amendments (Classic Reprint) written by Indiana Indiana and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Constitution of the State of Indiana and Amendments Sec. 5. No religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office of trust or profit. Sec. 6. No money shall be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any religious or theological institution. Sec. 7. No person shall be rendered incompetent as a witness, in consequence of his opinion on matters of religion. Sec. 8, The mode of administering an oath or affirmation shall be such as may be most consistent with, and binding upon, the conscience of the person to whom such oath or affirmation may be administered. Sec. 9. No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print, freely, on any subject whatever; but for the abuse of that right every person shall be responsible. Sec. 10. In all prosecutions for libel, the truth of the matters alleged to be libelous may be given in justification. Sec. 11. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable search or seizure shall not be violated, and no warrant shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or thing to be seized. Sec. 12. All courts shall be open; and every man, for injury done to him, in his person, property or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law. Justice shall be administered freely and without purchase; completely, and without denial; speedily, and without delay. Sec. 13. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to a public trial, by an impartial jury in the county in which the offense shall have been committed; to be heard by himself and counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof; to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. Sec. 14. No person shall be put in jeopardy twice for the same offense. No person, in any criminal prosecution, shall be compelled to testify against himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.