Constitution

parties based on the national or religious principles.
All secret societies and associations shall be banned.
Article 58. The state shall safeguard the rights and lawful
interests of public associations and provide them with equal legal
possibilities for participating in public life.
Interference by state bodies and officials in the activity of
public associations, as well as interference by public associations in
the activity of state bodies and officials is impermissible.
Article 59. Trade unions shall express and protect the
socio-economic rights and interests of the working people. Membership
in trade unions is optional.
Article 60. Political parties shall express the political will
of various sections and groups of the population, and through their

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democratically elected representatives shall participate in the
formation of state authority. Political parties shall submit public
reports on their financial sources to the Oliy Majlis or their
plenipotentiary body in a prescribed manner.
Article 61. Religious organizations and associations shall be
separated from the state and equal before law. The state shall not
interfere with the activity of religious associations.
Article 62. Public associations may be dissolved or banned, or
subject to restricted activity solely by the sentence of a court.
Chapter 14. Family
Article 63. The family is the primary unit of society and shall
have the right to state and societal protection.
Marriage shall be based on the willing consent and equality of
both parties.
Article 64. Parents shall be obliged to support and care for
their children until the latter are of age.
The state and society shall support, care for and educate
orphaned children, as well as children deprived of parental
guardianship, and encourage charity in their favour.
Article 65. All children shall be equal before the law
regardless of their origin and the civic status of their parents.
Motherhood and childhood shall be protected by the state.
Article 66. Able-bodied children who are of age shall be
obliged to care for their parents.
Chapter 15. Mass media
Article 67. The mass media shall be free and act in accordance
with the law. It shall bear responsibility for trustworthiness of
information in a prescribed manner. Censorship is impermissible.