Jamaica's Constitution of 1962 - Jamaica

Fundamental rights and freedoms 

2.        The rights and freedoms referred to in subsection (2) are as follows- 

a.        the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in the execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which the person has been convicted; 

j.        the right of everyone to- 

i.        protection from search of the person and property; 

ii.        respect for and protection of private and family life, and privacy of the home; 

 

Constituencies and local government 

j.        The purposes of local government shall be to facilitate the management, improvement and development of the resources of local communities.

 

The purposes of local government shall be to-

a. encourage and assist the effective participation of local communities in the affairs of local government; 

b. give local authorities. 

i. the ability to provide local public services and facilities and to carry out other related activities for the benefit of local communities and the wider public; and 

ii. the ability to perform such regulatory functions as may be conferred upon local authorities by law; and 

c. facilitate the management, improvement and development of the resources of local communities

 

Parliament may make provision- 

a. for local authorities to generate and spend their own revenue; 

b. for assigning functions between the various tiers of government; 

c. relating to the manner in which local authorities are constituted and the nature and extent of their functions; 

d. for the holding of local government elections; and 

e. prescribing any other matter relating to the governance of local authorities

(1) No property of any description shall be compulsorily taken possession of and no interest in or right over property of any description shall be compulsorily acquired except by or under the provisions of a law that-

a. prescribes the principles on which and the manner in which compensation therefore is to be determined and given; and

b. secures to any person claiming an interest in or right over such property a right of access to a court for the purpose of-

i. establishing such interest or right (if any);

ii. determining the amount of such compensation (if any) to which he is entitled; and

iii. enforcing his right to any such compensation.

(1) Except with his own consent, no person shall be subject to the search of his person or his property or the entry by others on his premises.