[Codals] Article VII - The Executive Department

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SECTION 1 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 1. The executive power shall be vested in the President of the Philippines.

Section 1, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 2 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 2. No person may be elected as President unless he is a natural-born citizen, a registered voter, able to read and write, at least forty years of age on the day of the election, and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election.

Section 2, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 3 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 3. There shall be a Vice-President who shall have the same qualifications and term of office and be elected with and in the same manner as the President. He may be removed from office in the same manner as the President.

The Vice-President may be appointed as a Member fo the Cabinet. Such appointment requires no confirmation.

Section 3, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 4 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 4. Text

Section 4, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 5 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 5. Before they enter on the execution of their office, the PResident. the Vice-President or the Acting President, shall take the following oath or affirmation:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully and conscientiously fulfill my duties as President (or Vice-President or Acting President) of the Philippines, preserve and defend its Constitution, execute its laws, do justice to every man, and consecrate myself to the service of the Nation. So help me God.” (In case of
affirmation, last sentence will be omitted.)

Section 5, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 6 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 6. The President shall have an official residence. The salaries of the President and Vice-President shall be determined by law and shall not be decreased during their tenure. No increase in said compensation shall take effect until after the expiration of the term of the incumbent during which such increase was approved. They shall not receive during their tenure any other emolument from the Government or from any other source.

Section 6, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 7 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 7. The President-elect and the Vice-President-elect shall assume office at the beginning of their terms.

If the President-elect fails to qualify, the Vice-President shall act as President until a President-elect shall have qualified.

If a President shall have not been chosen, the Vice-President elect shall act as President until a President shall have been chosen and qualified.

If at the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect shall have died or shall have become permanently disabled, the Vice-President shall become the President.

Where no President and Vice-President shall have been chosed and or shall have qualified, or where both shall have died or become permanently disabled, the President of the Senate, or in case of his inability, the Speaker of the House of the Representatives, shall act as the President until a President or a Vice-President shall have been chosed and qualified.

The Congress shall, by law, provide for the manner in which one who is to act as the President shall be selected until a President or a VIce-President shall have qualified, in case of death, permanent diability, or inability of the officials mentioned in the next preceding paragraph.

Section 7, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 1 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 1. Text

Section 1, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 1 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 1. Text

Section 1, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 1 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 1. Text

Section 1, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 1 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 1. Text

Section 1, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 1 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 1. Text

Section 1, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 1 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 1. Text

Section 1, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 1 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 1. Text

Section 1, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution

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SECTION 1 of ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

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ARTICLE VII - The Executive Department

SECTION 1. Text

Section 1, Article VII - The Executive Department, The 1987 Philippine Constitution