Constitution

Malawi 1994 Constitution (reviewed 2017)

SCHEDULE

The sections of this Constitution listed in this Schedule and the entirety of the Schedule shall not be amended except in accordance with section 196.

SECTION

CHAPTER I

THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI

1. Malawi a sovereign State

2. National flag, etc.

3. National territory

4. Protection of the people of Malawi under this Constitution

5. Supremacy of this Constitution

6. Universal and equal suffrage

7. The separate status, function and duty of the executive

8. The separate status, function and duty of the legislature

9. The separate status, function and duty of the judiciary

CHAPTER II

APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION

10. Application of this Constitution

11. Interpretation

CHAPTER III

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES SECTION

12. Constitutional principles

13. Principles of national policy

CHAPTER IV

HUMAN RIGHTS

15. Protection of human rights and freedoms

16. The right to life

17. Genocide

18. Liberty

19. Human dignity and personal freedoms

20. Equality

21. Privacy

22. Family and marriage

23. Rights of children

24. Rights of women

25. Education

26. Culture and language

27. Slavery, servitude and forced labour

28. Property

29. Economic activity

30. The right to development

31. Labour

32. Freedom of association

33. Freedom of conscience

34. Freedom of opinion

35. Freedom of expression

36. Freedom of the press

37. Access to information

38. Freedom of assembly

39. Freedom of movement and residence

40. Political rights

41. Access to justice and legal remedies

42. Arrest, detention and fair trial

43. Administrative justice

44. Limitations on rights

45. Derogation and public emergency

46. Enforcement

CHAPTER V

CITIZENSHIP

47. Citizenship

CHAPTER VII

ELECTIONS

77. The franchise

CHAPTER IX

THE JUDICATURE

103. The independence and jurisdiction of the courts and the judiciary

111. Appointment of the judiciary

114. Remuneration

119. Tenure of judges