Duties of Citizens
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Duties of Citizens ![]()
- Constitution of Somalia
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Title 3: Duties of Citizens
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Article 42. Duties of the Citizens
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| (1) In Islam, justice requires a balance of rights and duties.
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| (2) The exercise of equality, freedoms, and other rights is inseparable from duties. Accordingly,
it is the duty of each citizen:
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| (a) To be patriotic and loyal to the country and to promote its development and well-being;
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| (b) To engage in useful work for the good of the citizen, the family, and the common good, and
to contribute to national development and to the well-being of the community where the
citizen lives;
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| (c) To promote responsible parenthood;
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| (d) To foster national unity in harmony with others;
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| (e) To promote accountability and the rule of law;
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| (f) To become acquainted with the provisions of the Constitution and to uphold and defend the
Constitution and the law;
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| (g) To strive to vote in elections;
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| (h) To become a good tax-payer in order to contribute to the public expenditure according to
the law and the citizen’s capacity to pay;
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(i) To defend the territory of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
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Constitution of Somalia
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| Declaration of the Federal Republic of Somalia
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| Fundamental Rights and the Duties of the Citizen
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| General Principles of Human Rights
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| Rights Basic Personal Liberties and its Limitations
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| Duties of Citizens
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| Land Property and Environment
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| Public Representation
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| General Principles of Public Representation
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| Elections
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| Devolution of the Powers of Government
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| Federal Parliament
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| General Provisions
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| House of the People of the Federal Parliament
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| Legislative Powers of the Upper House
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| Legislative Procedures In Parliament
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| President of the Federal Republic
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| Executive
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| Judicial Authority
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| Independent Commissions
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| Civil Service
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| Federal Member States
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| Public Finance
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| Peace and Security
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| Final and Transitional Provisions
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| Amending the Constitution
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| Miscellaneous Provisions
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| Somali Flag
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| Somali Emblem
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| Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
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| First Term of the Somali Federal Parliament
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Priority Laws to be Enacted in the First Term
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