the draft constitution of the commonwealth of grenada

(b)
to discriminate against a person is unfair
unless it is proved, or a law provides, that
the discrimination is justifiable.
The right to vote and to
stand for public office
19.(1) Every Citizen of Grenada eighteen years of age or
over has the right
(a) to take part in the public affairs of the State
either directly or through freely chosen
representatives;
(b) to be registered as a voter for the purpose of
and to vote by secret ballot at public
elections, which shall be by universal and
equal suffrage, for the government of his or
her choice; or
(c) to stand for, and, if elected, to hold elective
public office.
(2) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of
a law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of
subsection (1) to the extent that the law in question authorises
limitations on the right described in that subsection that are
reasonably justifiable in a democratic society.
PART II
Emergency Provisions
Public emergency
20.(1) The President may at any time by proclamation (a
“proclamation of emergency”) declare that a period of public
emergency exists.
(2) A proclamation of emergency does not have effect
unless it states that the President is satisfied that a public
emergency has arisen
(a)
(b)
(c)
as a result of a state of war, or the
imminence of a state of war, between
Grenada and a foreign State;
as a result of the occurrence of an
earthquake, hurricane, flood or fire, or the
outbreak of pestilence or infectious disease,
or some other calamity whether similar to
the foregoing or not; or
by reason that action has been taken, or is
immediately threatened, by some person or
persons, of such a nature and on so extensive
a scale as to be likely to
(i) endanger the public safety; or
(ii) deprive the community or a
substantial portion of the community
of supplies or services essential to
life.
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