“ Candidates for the offices of President and Vice-President must be citizens who have had a distinguished career in any aspect of national or international life, whether in the public or private sectors, and must have the qualifications required of candidates for election to the House of Representatives. (2) A person holding a public office is not required to resign from that office before accepting nomination for President or Vice-President, but the appointment of the person as President or Vice-President has the effect of terminating his or her service in that office. ”

“ Every citizen who satisfies the conditions (if any) prescribed by the Parliament has the right to be issued with a passport. (3) Every citizen, and every other person lawfully in Fiji, has the right to move freely throughout Fiji and the right to leave Fiji. (4) Every citizen, and every other person who has a right to reside in Fiji, has the right reside in any part of Fiji. (5) Every person who is not a citizen but is lawfully in Fiji has the right not to be expelled from Fiji except pursuant to an order of a court or a decision of the Minister on a ground prescribed by law. ”

“ Section 5 State and religion Although religion and the State are separate, the people of the Fiji Islands acknowledge that worship and reverence of God are the source of good government and leadership. ”

“ For the purposes of this section, an ethnic community is to be taken as having effective quality of access to a level or branch of service of the State only if it is represented there in a number broadly proportionate to its number in the adult population as a whole, unless its under-representation is due solely to its particular occupational preferences. ”

“ A measure authorised by or under the law may derogate from the rights and freedoms set out in section 23, 24, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 or 37 (but not from other rights and freedoms set out in the Bill of Rights) if each of the following conditions is satisfied: (a) the Cabinet has reasonable grounds for believing that, because of the emergency described in the proclamation of the state of emergency, the life of the State is threatened and the exigencies of the situation are such that they cannot be dealt with effectively without derogating from the Bill of Rights ”

“ Section 9 Way in which citizenship may be acquired (1) Citizenship may be acquired by: (a) birth: (b) registration; or (c) naturalisation. (2) The Parliament may not make a law providing for the acquisition of citizenship in any other way.
Section 10 Citizenship by birth Every child born in Fiji on or after the date of commencement of this Constitution becomes a citizen at the date of birth unless, at the date of birth: (a) a parent of the child has the diplomatic immunity accorded to envoys of foreign sovereign powers accredited to Fiji; and (b) neither parent is a citizen. ”

“ Except with his or her consent or, in the case of a person under the age of 18, the consent of a parent or guardian, a person attending a place of education is not required to receive religious instruction or to take part in or attend a religious ceremony or observance if the instruction, ceremony or observance relates to a religion that is not his or her own or if he or she does not hold any religious belief. ”

“ A person must not be compelled to take an oath, or to take an oath in a manner, that is contrary to his or her religion or belief or that requires him or her to express a belief that he or she does not hold. ”

“ If a court has made an order requiring a person to pay tax or maintenance, a further order of the court restricting, his or her freedom of movement is to be taken as reasonable for the purposes of paragraph (7) (c) if the person has wilfully refused to pay despite having the means to do so. ”