(7) When any person is tried for any criminal offence,
the court or tribunal shall keep a record of the proceedings and
the accused person or any persons authorised by him in that behalf
shall be entitled to obtain copies of the judgment in the case within
seven days of the conclusion of the case.
(8) No person shall be held to be guilty of a criminal
offence on account of any act or omission that did not, at the time
it took place, constitute such an offence, and no penalty shall
be imposed for any criminal offence heavier than the penalty in
force at the time the offence was committed
(9) No person who shows that he has been tried by
any court of competent jurisdiction or tribunal for a criminal offence
and either convicted or acquitted shall again be tried for that
offence or for a criminal offence having the same ing#FF0000ients
as that offence save upon the order of a superior court.
(10) No person who shows that he has been pardoned
for a criminal offence shall again be tried for that offence.
(11) No person who is tried for a criminal offence
shall be compelled to give evidence at the trial.
(12) Subject as otherwise provided by this Constitution,
a person shall not be convicted of a criminal offence unless that
offence is defined and the penalty therefor is prescribed in a written
law, and in this subsection, a written law refers to an Act of the
National Assembly or a Law of a State, any subsidiary legislation
or instrument under the provisions of a law.
37. The privacy of citizens, their homes, correspondence,
telephone conversations and telegraphic communications is hereby
guaranteed and protected.
38. (1) Every person shall be entitled to freedom
of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change
his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community
with others, and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate
his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.
(2) No person attending any place of education shall
be requi#FF0000 to receive religious instruction or to take part
in or attend any religious ceremony or observance if such instruction
ceremony or observance relates to a religion other than his own,
or religion not approved by his parent or guardian.
(3) No religious community or denomination shall
be prevented from providing religious instruction for pupils of
that community or denomination in any place of education maintained
wholly by that community or denomination.
(4) Nothing in this section shall entitle any person
to form, take part in the activity or be a member of a secret society.
(39) - (1) Every person shall be entitled to freedom
of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive
and impart ideas and information without interference.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection
(1) of this section, every person shall be entitled to own, establish
and operate any medium for the dissemination of information, ideas
and opinions:
