Article 1. Tasks of the Law

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 536.

Chapter 1. General Provisions

Law of the Republic of Belarus

N 2054-XII of December 17, 1992

This Law guarantees the rights of citizens to determine and express their attitude to the religion, to have respective convictions, to confess the religion and soleninise religious rites, as well as the social justice and equality, protection of the rights and interests of citizens regardless their attitude to the religion and regulate the relations bound with the activities of religious organisations.

The tasks of this Law consist in the regulation of the social relations arisen in this field for the purposes of uniform implementation of the principles of the freedom of conscience and religion fixed in the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus on the whole territory of the Republic of Belarus as well as exercise of the citizens right of use of this freedom.

Article 2. Legislation of the Republic of Belarus on the Freedom of Religion and Religious Organisations

The legislation of the Republic of Belarus on the freedom of religion and religious organisations consists of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the present Law and other acts of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus issued in accordance with these.