The State recognises the right of all citizens to work and shall promote such conditions as will make this right effective.
The State shall promote the development of culture and scientific and technical research.
(1) The State shall safeguard the landscape and the historical and artistic patrimony of the Nation.
Primary education shall be compulsory and in State schools shall be free of charge.
(1) Capable and deserving students, even if without financial resources, are entitled to attain the highest grades of education.
(1) The State shall protect work.
(1) The maximum number of hours of work per day shall be fixed by law.
The State shall promote the equal right of men and women to enjoy all economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights and for this purpose shal...
The minimum age for paid labour shall be prescribed by law.
The State shall provide for safeguarding the labour of minors and assure to them the right to equal pay for equal work.
(1) Every citizen incapable of work and unprovided with the resources necessary for subsistence is entitled to maintenance and social assistance.
The State shall encourage private economic enterprise.
The State shall provide for the protection and development of artisan trades.
The State recognises the social function of co-operatives and shall encourage their development.
The State shall facilitate the participation of Maltese citizens who live abroad in the political, social, economic and cultural life of Malta.
The provisions of this Chapter shall not be enforceable in any court, but the principles therein contained are nevertheless fundamental to the governa...