Part III · Right to Constitutional Remedies

Article 33 Power of Parliament to modify the rights conferred by this Part in their application to Forces, etc.

This article lets Parliament limit or end the fundamental rights of members of the armed forces, police, and intelligence services. The limits exist so that they keep discipline and do their duties properly. This is why service rules can curb speech and association rights for those in the forces.

1. Parliament may, by law, determine to what extent any of the rights conferred by this Part shall, in their application to,— (a) the members of the Armed Forces; or (b) the members of the Forces charged with the maintenance of public order; or (c) persons employed in any bureau or other organisation established by the State for purposes of intelligence or counter intelligence; or (d) person employed in, or in connection with, the telecommunication systems set up for the purposes of any Force, bureau or organisation referred to in clauses (a) to (c), be restricted or abrogated so as to ensure the proper discharge of their duties and the maintenance of discipline among them.