§831-3 Rights retained by convicted person. Except as otherwise provided by law, a person convicted of a crime does not suffer civil death or corruption of blood or sustain loss of civil rights or forfeiture of estate or property, but retains all of the person's rights, political, personal, civil, and otherwise, including the right to hold public office or employment, to vote, to hold, receive, and transfer property, to enter into contracts, to sue and be sued, and to hold offices of private trust in accordance with law. [L 1969, c 250, pt of §1; HRS §716-3; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1986, c 155, §2; am L 2003, c 95, §16(1)]
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