“ Only an Act of law may decide within what limits and which property may be subject to the exclusive ownership of the State for reasons of common weal, and also how far the rights of citizens and their legally recognized associations freely to utilize land, water, minerals and other natural wealth may be limited for public reasons.
Land as one of the most important factors in the existence of the nation and of the State, may not be the object of unrestricted transfer. ”

“ In every educational establishment maintained fully or in part by the State or by self-government bodies and whose syllabus embraces the education of persons under 18 years of age, instruction in religion shall be compulsory for all pupils. The management and supervision of such instruction in schools shall rest with the respective religious associations, with the reservation of the supreme right of supervision exercised by the State school-authorities. ”

“ The Government may not make any expenditure without the authorization of a statute unless State necessity arises; in such case, the Government shall, on the basis of a decision of the Council of Ministers make the essential expenditure but must submit to the Seym, within seven days after the decision, the project of a law for the granting of supplementary credits. The decision of the Council of Ministers shall simultaneously be published in the official gazette and shall be notified to the Supreme Board of Control. Art. 60. (1) The State cannot remain without a budget. ”

“ The law shall fix the limits within which the State shall be empowered to the compulsory buying out of land as also to regulate the transfer of land, but in accordance with the principle that the agricultural structure of the Republic of Poland shall be based upon agricultural holdings capable of satisfactory production and held as personal property. ”

“ Labour is the basis for the development and power of the Republic. (2) The State extends protection over labour and supervises its conditions. Art. 9. The State aims at uniting all its citizens in harmonious cooperation for the common good. ”

“ A deputy is not permitted in his own or in any other name or on behalf of enterprises, associations and companies set up for gainful purposes, to acquire or lease State property, to undertake supplies to the Government and to execute public works, or to obtain concessions or any other personal emoluments from the Government. ”

“ Every citizen, who has the right to vote, has also the right of eligibility, if he has attained the age of thirty. (3) An Act in respect of elections to the Seym, shall determine the division of the country into constituencies, fix the number of deputies, establish electoral procedure and shall also define the classes of persons deprived of the right of voting and of the right of eligibility for lack of sufficient moral or intellectual qualities. Art. 34. (1) The Seym elects, from among its members, a Speaker for the term of its office. ”

“ For infringing the rights of a third person during the deliberations of the Seym a deputy may be obliged to answer before a Court of Justice only with the permission of the Seym, Art. 42. (1) For activities not connected with their participation in the work of the Seym, deputies are responsible equally with other citizens. (2) A criminal or administrative prosecution, however, or a disciplinary inquiry instituted against a deputy before or after his receiving his mandate, should on the demand of the Seym be stayed till the expiration of his mandate. ”

“ For the consideration of problems relating to the whole of economic life, for the expression of opinion on drafts of economic legislation and for harmonizing the activities in the particular branches of the national economy a Supreme Economic Chamber may be called into being by law. ”

“ No one can be deprived of the court of justice to which he is by law subject, nor punished for a deed not prohibited by law before it was committed, nor too, be detained without a judicial warrant longer than for the term of forty-eight hours. ”

“ Members of the Armed Forces belonging to the mobilized parts of the Army or Navy do not participate in the voting. Art. 33. (1) Every citizen, irrespective of sex, has the right to vote if he has completed 24 years of age prior to the issue of the writs and if he enjoys, in full, his civil and civic rights. ”

“ The rights of a citizen to influence public affairs will be estimated according to the value of his efforts and services for the common good. (2) These rights cannot be restricted by origin, religion, sex, or nationality. Art. ”

“ The President of the Republic is empowered to grant a pardon by an act of mercy or to modify a punishment imposed by a final court decision and to annul the effects of a sentence. (2) An amnesty requires a legislative act. Art. ”

“ His supreme duty is to care for the welfare of the State, for its readiness to meet attack and for its position among the nations of the world. (4) The one and indivisible authority of the State is united in his person. Art. ”