Article 9

The inviolability of the home, the confidentiality of correspondence and the protection of personal data shall be guaranteed, save in exceptional cases prescribed by law.

Article 10

Every citizen has the right to move freely within the country, to leave it, and to take up residence within the limits established by the law.

Article 11

No citizen can be banished from the country or prevented from returning to it.

Article 12

Police custody shall be subject to judicial control and preventive detention shall be exercised only following judicial instruction. It is forbidden to place any individual in arbitrary police custody or preventive detention.

An accused person is presumed innocent until his guilt has been proven through a procedure that offers him the guarantees that are indispensable for his defense.

Article 13

Sentences are personal and shall be pronounced only by virtue of a law issued prior to the punishable act, except in the case of a more favorable law.

Those deprived of freedom shall be treated humanely and their dignity shall be respected, in compliance with the conditions laid down by law.

Article 14

The right of ownership is guaranteed. It is exercised within the limits provided for by the law.

Article 15

It is the duty of each citizen to protect the country and to safeguard its independence, its sovereignty and the integrity of the national territory.

It is each citizen's sacred duty to defend the nation.

Article 16

It is the duty of every individual to pay taxes and to make an equitable contribution to public expenditures.

Article 17

Political refugees cannot be extradited.

CHAPTER II

The Legislative Power

Article 18

The people shall exercise the legislative power through the Chamber of Deputies, the Chamber of Advisors, or by means of a referendum.

The members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by universal, free, direct, and secret vote in accordance with the methods and terms set by the Electoral Code.

Article 19

The Chamber of Advisors is composed of advisors whose number shall not exceed that of two-thirds of the members of the Chamber of Deputies. The Electoral Code shall determine the procedure for setting the number every six years, on the basis of the number of members of the Chamber of Deputies in office.

The members of the Chamber of Advisors shall be designated as follows :

One or two members from each governorate, according to population, shall be elected at the regional level, from among the elected members of local authorities.

One-third of the members shall be elected at the national level from among employers, farmers and workers. Candidates shall be put proposed by the concerned professional organizations, from lists comprising at least twice the number of seats allocated for each category. Seats are distributed equally among the concerned sectors.

The members of the Chamber of Advisors are elected by free and secret ballot by the elected members of local authorities.

The Electoral Code defines the methods and terms concerning the election of the members of the Chamber of Advisors.

The remaining members of the Chamber of Advisors are appointed by the President of the Republic from prominent figures and holders of positions of responsibility at national level.

The members of the Chamber of Advisors must not be bound by local or sectoral interests.

Concurrent membership of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Chamber of Advisors is not allowed.

Article 20

Any citizen is eligible to vote who is twenty years old, holds Tunisian nationality for at least five years and fulfills the conditions stipulated in the Electoral Code.