# Article 126 — Economy

- Jurisdiction: Moldova (MD)
- Article: 126
- Chapter (as indexed): CHAPTER IX — JUDICIARY
- Index row title: Economy
- Source document: Moldova Constitution
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## Verbatim text

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(1) The economy of the Republic of Moldova shall be a socially -orientated market
economy based on the coexistence of freely competing private and public
properties.
(2) The State must ensure:
a) regulation of economic activity and management of its publi c property under
the law;
b) freedom of commerce and entrepreneurial activity, protection of loyal
competition, crea tion of a framework that would be favourable to the development
of all factors of produc tion;
c) protection of national interests within the economic, financial and currency
activities;
d) fostering of scientific research;
e) rational exploitation of the soil and other natural resources, in accordance
with the na tional interests;
f) restoration and protection of the environ ment, as well as maintenance of
ecological balance;
g) increase the number of people employed, setting up of adequate conditions in
order to improve the living standards;
h) inviolability of investments of private indi viduals and legal entities, including
those from abroad.
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 126 of the Constitution of Moldova.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER IX — JUDICIARY”.
- The row is titled “Economy”.
- The passage runs to about 158 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions privacy, search and seizure — it protects privacy or limits searching a person, their home or their communications (the words used: “inviolability”); it mentions property — it addresses property, possession, or taking property compulsorily (the words used: “property”).

> This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

## How to cite this

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Portable Lawyer · Article 126 of the Constitution of Moldova (indexed as “Economy”). (1) The economy of the Republic of Moldova shall be a socially -orientated market economy based on the coexistence of freely competing private and public properties. (2) The State…