Whereas the people of Grenada-
(c) firmly believe in the dignity of human values and that all men are endowed by the Creator with equal and inalienable rights, reason, and conscience ; that rights and duties are correlatives in every social and political activity of man ; and that while rights exalt individual freedom, duties express the dignity of that freedom;
(e) reiterate that the ideal of free men enjoying freedom from fear and want can be best achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his economic, social and political, civil and cultural rights ;
Article 1. Fundamental rights and freedoms
Whereas every person in Grenada is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely-
a. life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law;
d. the right to work,
the provisions of this Chapter shall have effect for the purpose of affording protection to those rights and freedoms subject to such limitations of that protection as are contained in these provisions, being limitations designed to ensure that the enjoyment of the said rights and freedoms by any person does not prejudice the rights and freedoms of others or the public interest.
Article 3. Protection of right to personal liberty
1. No person shall be deprived of his personal liberty save as may be authorised by law in any of the following cases, that is to say:-
Article 4. Protection from slavery and forced labour
1. No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
2. No person shall be required to perform forced labour.
3. For the purposes of this section, the expression “forced labour” does not include-
a.any labour required in consequence of the sentence or order of court;
b.labour required of any person while he is lawfully detained that, though not required in consequence of the sentence or order of a court, is reasonably necessary in the interests of hygiene or for the maintenance of the place at which he is detained;
c.any labour required of a member of a disciplined force in pursuance of his duties as such or, in the case of a person who has conscientious objections to service as a member of a naval, military or air force, any labour that that person is required by law to perform in place of such service;
d.any labour required during any period of public emergency or in the event of any other emergency or calamity that threatens the life and well-being of the community, to the extent that the requiring of such labour is reasonably justifiable in the circumstances of any situation arising or existing during that period or as a result of that other emergency or calamity, for the purpose of dealing with that situation.
Article 5. Protection from inhuman treatment
- No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment.
- Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question authorises the infliction of any description of punishment that was lawful in Grenada immediately before the coming into operation of this Constitution.
Article 12. Protection of freedom of movement
1. No person shall be deprived of his freedom of movement, that is to say, the right to move freely throughout Grenada, the right to reside in any part of Grenada, the right to enter Grenada, the right to leave Grenada and immunity from expulsion from Grenada.
The Grenada Constitution ORder 1973 (PDF)
Article 188. Procuration
Whoever
(a) procures any female under twenty-one years of age to have unlawful carnal connection, either within or without Her Majesty’s Dominions, with any other person;
(b) procures any female to become, either within or without Her Majesty’s Dominions, a common prostitute;
(c) Procures any female to leave this State, with intent that she may become an inmate of a brothel elsewhere;
(d) Procures any female to leave her usual place of abode in this State with intent that she may, for the purposes of prostitution, become an inmate of a brothel, either within or without Her Majesty’s Dominions,
Shall be liable to imprisonment for two years.
Article 189. Forcible taking or detaining of a female with intent
Whoever by force takes away or detains against her will any female of any age, with intent to marry or carnally know her, or to cause her to be married or carnally known by any other person, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years.
Article 191. Compulsion of marriage
Whoever by duress causes any person to marry against his or her will, shall be liable to imprisonment for two years.
Criminal Code (PDF)
