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1. All categories of rural workers, whether they are wage earners or self-employed, shall have the right to establish and, subject only to the rules of the organisation concerned, to join organisations of their own choosing without previous authorisation.
2. The principles of freedom of association shall be fully respected; rural workers' organisations shall be independent and voluntary in character and shall remain free from all interference, coercion or repression.
3. The acquisition of legal personality by organisations of rural workers shall not be made subject to conditions of such a character as to restrict the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this Article.
4. In exercising the rights provied for in this Article rural workers and their respective organisations, like other persons or organised collectivities, shall respect the law of the land.
5. The law of the land shall not be such as to impair, nor shall it be so applied as to impair, the guarantees provided for in this Article.