Constitution · Connecticut

Conn. Const. art. first, § 12

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Constitution of Connecticut
Text as of
October 2026

What does this section say?

The privileges of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless, when in case of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it; nor in any case, but by the legislature.

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