(State of exception)
1. Suspension of the exercise of fundamental rights, freedoms and guarantees
shall only take place if a state of siege or a state of emergency has been
declared as provided for by the Constitution.
2. A state of siege or a state of emergency shall only be declared in case
of effective or impending aggression by a foreign force, of serious disturbance
or threat of serious disturbance to the democratic constitutional order, or of public disaster.
3. A declaration of a state of siege or a state of emergency shall be
substantiated, specifying rights, freedoms and guarantees the exercise of which
is to be suspended.
4. A suspension shall not last for more than thirty days, without prejudice
of possible justified renewal, when strictly necessary, for equal periods of time.
5. In no case shall a declaration of a state of siege affect the right to
life, physical integrity, citizenship, non-retroactivity of the criminal law,
defence in a criminal case and freedom of conscience and religion, the right
not to be subjected to torture, slavery or servitude, the right not to be
subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment , and the
guarantee of non-discrimination.
6. Authorities shall restore constitutional normality as soon as possible.
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