Const. Art. I, §15
Habeas Corpus and Suspension of Laws
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section protects your right to challenge an unlawful detention through habeas corpus. That right can only be suspended during rebellion or invasion if public safety demands it, and only the legislature (or someone it specifically authorizes) can do so. It also limits who can suspend laws.
everyone
The constitution, as written — Corpus And Suspension Of Laws
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless, when in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. The power of suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, and the laws or the execution thereof, shall never be exercised except by the legislature, or by authority derived from it to be exercised in such particular cases only as the legislature shall expressly prescribe.
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