PART IV
DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
39. Certain principles of policy to be followed by the State.—The State shall, in particular, direct its
policy towards securing—
(a) that the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood;
(b)that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as
best to subserve the common good;
(c) that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and
means of production to the common detriment;
(d) that there is equal pay for equal work for both men and women;
(e) that the health and strength of workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are not
abused and that citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or
strength;
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[(f) that children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in
conditions of freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and
against moral and material abandonment.]
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[39A. Equal justice and free legal aid.—The State shall secure that the operation of the legal system
promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, and shall, in particular, provide free legal aid, by suitable
legislation or schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to
any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities.]
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