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Section 5 of חוק־יסוד: כבוד האדם וחירותו, חירות אישית.
5. חירות אישית
אין נוטלים ואין מגבילים את חירותו של אדם במאסר, במעצר, בהסגרה או בכל דרך אחרת.
The text on this page is adapted from the entry חוק־יסוד: כבוד האדם וחירותו in the Open Law Book of Hebrew Wikisource, read on 1 November 2026, and is shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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