ARTICLE 3. Persons having acquired the nationality of the Republic of China are citizens of the Republic of China. ARTICLE 4. The territory of the Republic of China consists of areas originally constituting Kiangsu, Chekiang, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Hupeh, Hunan, Szechwan, Sikang, Hopei, Shantung, Shansi, Honan, Shensi, Kansu, Chinghai, Fukien, Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Yunnan, Kweichow, Liaoning, Kirin, Heilungkiang, Jehol, Chahar, Suiyuan, Ningsia, Sinkiang, Mongolia and Tibet. The territory of the Republic of China shall not be altered except by resolution of the People's Congress. ARTICLE 5. All races of the Republic of China are component parts of the Chinese Nation and shall be equal. ARTICLE 6. The National Flag of the Republic of China shall have a red background with a blue sky and white sun in the upper left corner. ARTICLE 7. The National Capital of the Republic of China shall be at Nanking. CHAPTER II. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS ARTICLE 8. All citizens of the Republic of China shall be equal before the law. ARTICLE 9. Every citizen shall enjoy the liberty of the person. Except in accordance with law, no one may be arrested, detained, tried or punished. When a citizen is arrested or detained on suspicion of having committed a criminal act, the authority responsible for such action shall immediately inform the citizen himself and his relatives of the cause for his arrest or detention and shall, within a period of twenty-four hours, send him to a competent court for trial. The citizen so arrested or detained, or any one else, may also petition the court to demand from the authority responsible for such action the surrender, within twenty-four hours, of his person to the court for trial. The court shall not reject such a petition; nor shall the responsible authority refuse to execute such a writ as mentioned in the preceding paragraph. ARTICLE 10. With the exception of those in active military service, no one may be subject to military jurisdiction. ARTICLE 11. Every citizen shall have the freedom of domicile; no private abode may be forcibly entered, searched or sealed except in accordance with law. ARTICLE 12. Every citizen shall have the freedom to change his residence; such freedom shall not be restricted except in accordance with law. ARTICLE 13. Every citizen shall have the freedom of speech, writing and publication; such freedom shall not be restricted except in accordance with law. ARTICLE 14. Every citizen shall have the freedom of secrecy of correspondence; such freedom shall not be restricted except in accordance with law. ARTICLE 15. Every citizen shall have the freedom of religious belief; such freedom shall not be restricted except in accordance with law. ARTICLE 16. Every citizen shall have the freedom of assembly and of forming associations; such freedom shall not be restricted except in accordance with law.