CHAPTER THREE#
The Rights Recognized by the Emperor as Belonging to the Nation, and the Duties Incumbent on the Nation#
Article 18#
The law specifies the requisite conditions for the status of Ethiopian subjects.
Article 19#
All Ethiopian subjects, provided that they comply with the conditions laid down by law and the decrees promulgated by the Emperor, may be appointed officers in the army or civil officials, or to any other posts or offices in the service of the State.
Article 20#
All members of the Ethiopian army owe absolute loyalty and obedience to the Emperor, in conformity with the provisions of the law.
Article 21#
The nation is bound to pay legal taxes.
Article 22#
Within the limits laid down by the law, Ethiopian subjects have the right to pass freely from one place to the other.
Article 23#
No Ethiopian subject may be arrested, sentenced, or imprisoned except in pursuance of the law.
Article 24#
No Ethiopian subject may, against his will, be deprived of his right to be tried by a legally established court.
Article 25#
Except in cases provided for by law, no domiciliary searches may be made.
Article 26#
Except in cases provided by the law, no one shall have the right to violate the secrecy of the correspondence of Ethiopian subjects.
Article 27#
Except in cases of public necessity determined by the law, no one shall have the right to deprive an Ethiopian subject of any movable or landed property which he owns.
Article 28#
All Ethiopian subjects have the right to present to the Government petitions in legal form.
Article 29#
The provisions of the present chapter shall in no way limit the measures which the Emperor, by virtue of his supreme power, may take in the event of war or public misfortunes menacing the interests of the nation.