CONSTITUTION ( PART2)
8*Fundamental principles:(1) The principles of absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah, nationalism, democracy and socialism meaning economic and social justice, together with the part, shall constitute the fundamental principes of state policy.
(1A) Absolute trust and faith in the almighty Allah shalla be the basis of al; actions.
(2) Th principles set out in this part shall be fundamental to the governac of Bangladesh.shall be applied by the state in the making of laws, shall be a guide to the interpretation of the Constitution and of the other laws of Bangladesh, and shall from the basis of the work of the state and of its citizens, but shall not be judicially enforceable.
9*Promotion of local Government institutions:The state shall encourage local Government institutions composed and in such instituions special repesentation shall be given , as far as possible, to peasants, workers and women.
10* Participation of women in national life: Steps shall be taken to ensure participation of women in all spheres of national life.
11* Democracy and human rights:The Republic shall be a democracy which fundamental human rights and freedoms and respect for the dignity and worht of the human person shall be guaranteed [***] and in which effective participation by the peoples through their elected represntatives in administration at all levels shall be ensured.
12*Omitted by the Second Schedule of the Second Proclamation (Fifteenth Amendment) order,1978(ordr No1978)
13*Principles of ownership:The people shall own or control the instruments means of production and distribution, and with this end in view ownership shall assume the following forms-
(a)state ownership, that is ownership by the State of an behalf of the people through the creation of an effcinet and dynamic nationalised public sector embracing the key sectors of the economy;
(b) co-operative ownership, that is ownership by co- operative on behalf of their members within such limits as may be prescribed by law and
© private ownership, that is ownership by indivduals within, such limits as may be prescribed by law.
14*Emancipation of peasants and workers: It shall be a fundamental responsibility of the State to emancipate the toiling masses-the peasnts and workers- and backward sections of the people from all forms of exploition.
15* Provisaion of basic necessities: It shall be a fundamental responsibility of the State to attain, through planned economic growth, a constant increase of production forces and a steady of living of the people, with a view to securing to its citizens—
(a) The provision of the basic necessities of life, including food, clothing, shelter, education and medical care;
(b) (b) the right to work, that is the right to guaranteed employment at a reasonable wage having regard to the quantity and quality of work;
(c) The right to reasonable rest, recreation and leisure ;and
(d) The right to social security, that is to say, to public assistance in cases of undeserved want arising from unemployment, illness or disablement, or sufferd by widows or orphans or in old age, or in other such cases.
16* Rural davelopment and agricultural revolution: The State shall adopt effectivel mesaures in the rural areas through the promotion of an agricultural revolution, the provision of rural electrification, the development of cottage and education, communications and public health, in those areas, so as progressively to remove the urban and the rural areas.
17*Free and compulsory education: The State shall adopt effective measures for the purpose of-
(a) Establishing a uniform, mass-oriented and universal system of education and extending free and compulsory education to all children to such stage as may be determined by law;
(b) relating education to the needs of society and producing properly trained and motivated citizens to serve those needs;
(c) removing illiteracy within such time as may be determined by law;
18* public health and morality:
(1) The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties, and in particular shall adopt effective measures to prevent the consumption, except for medical purposes or for such other purposes as my be prescrided by law of alcoholic and other intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are Injurious to heslth .
(2) The State shall adopt effective measures to prevet prostitution and gambling ..
19* Equality of opportunity:
(1) The State shall endeavour to ensure equality of opportunity to all citizens.
(2) The State shall adopt effective measures to remove social and economic inequality between man and man and to ensure the and of opportunities in order to attain a uniform level of economic development throughout the Republic.
20* work as a right and duty:
(1) Work is a right a duty and a matter of honour for every citizen who is capable of working and everyone shall be paid for his work on the basis of the principle ‘’ from each according to this abilities , to each according to his work.
(2) The State shall endeavour to create conditions in which, as a general principle, persons shall not be able to enjoy unearned incomes, and in which human labour in every form, intellectual and physical, shall become a fuller expression of creative endeavour and of the human personality.
21* Duties of citizens and of public servats: It is the duty of every citizen to observe the Constitution and the laws, to maintain discipline, to perform public duties and to protect public property.
(2)Every person in the service of the Republic has a duty to strive at all time to serve the people.
22* Separation of Judiciary from the executive: The State shall ensure the separation of the judiciary from the executive organs of the State.
23*National culture: The State shall adopt measures to conserve the cultural traditions and heritage of the people and so to foster and improve the national language, literature and the arts that all sections of the peple are afforded the opportunity to contribute of the towarda and to participate in the enrichment of the national culture.
24* National monuments etc: The State shall adopt measures for the protection against disfigurement, damage or removal of all monuments objects or places or special artistic or historic importance or interest.
25* Promotion of international peace, security and solidarity:(1) The State shall base its international relations on the principles of respect for national sovereighty and equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, peaceful settlement of international disputes and respect for international law and the principles enunciated in the United Nations Charter, and on the basis of those principles shall
(a) Strive for the renunciation of the use of force in international relations and for general and complete disarmament;
(b) Uphold the right of every people freely to determine and build up its own social economic and political system by ways and means of its own free choice; and
(c) Support oppressed peoples throughout the world waging a just struggle against imperialism, colonialism or racialism.
(2)The State shall endeavour to consolidate, preserve and strengthen fraternal relations among Muslim countries based on Islamic solidarity.