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Batas Pambansa Bilang 882
AN
ACT PRESCRIBING THE ORDER OF SUCCESSION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
IN CASE OF PERMANENT VACANCY OR IN THE EVENT OF TEMPORARY DISABILITY OF
THE PRESIDENT.
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BATAS
PAMBANSA BILANG 882AN
ACT PRESCRIBING THE ORDER OF SUCCESSION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
IN CASE OF PERMANENT VACANCY OR IN THE EVENT OF TEMPORARY DISABILITY OF
THE PRESIDENT.chan
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1. In case of permanent disability,
death, removal from office or resignation of the President, before the
presidential election of 1987, the Speaker of the Batasang Pambansa
shall
act as President until a President and a Vice-President or either of
them
shall have been elected and shall have qualified. In case of death,
permanent
disability or resignation of the Speaker at the time this vacancy in
the
Office of the President occurs or subsequently thereafter, the Prime
Minister
shall act as President. However, should the Prime Minister fail or
refuse
for any cause whatsoever to assume or continue to act as President, the
Deputy Prime Minister shall act as President. In case of his inability,
the Speaker Pro Tempore, or if the Speaker Pro Tempore fails to assume
office for any cause as provided herein, the Members of the Batasang
Pambansa
shall by a majority vote elect from among themselves a Member who shall
act as President.
Any
person who serves as Acting President under the foregoing provision
shall
be subject to the same restrictions of powers and disqualifications as
the Speaker as provided for in Section 9, Article VII of the
Constitution.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
2. If at the time fixed for the
beginning of his term, the President-elect shall have died, the
Vice-President-elect
shall become President. chanrobles virtual law library
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3. If a President shall not have
been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if
the President shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice-President
shall
act as President until a President shall have qualified. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
4. When neither the President-elect
nor the Vice-President-elect shall have been chosen or shall have
qualified
or both shall have died at the time fixed at the beginning of their
terms,
the Prime Minister shall act as President. In the event of the death,
resignation
or permanent disability of the Prime Minister to act as President, the
line of succession shall be as follows: the Speaker, the Deputy Prime
Minister
and the Speaker Pro Tempore.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
5. In case of permanent disability,
death, removal from office or resignation of the President, the
Vice-President
shall become the President to serve the unexpired term. In the event of
permanent disability, death, removal from office or resignation of both
the President and the Vice-President, the order of the presidential
succession
shall be as follows: the Prime Minister, the Speaker, the Deputy Prime
Minister, and the Speaker Pro Tempore. If the Speaker Pro Tempore fails
to assume office for any cause as provided herein, the Batasang
Pambansa
shall convene immediately without need of a call, and the Members
thereof
shall, by a majority vote, elect from among the elected Members, one
who
is qualified to be President in accordance with Section 4, Article VII
of the Constitution. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
6. In the event the President
transmits to the Speaker of the Batasang Pambansa his written
declaration
that he is temporarily unable to discharge the powers and duties of his
office, and until such time that the President transmits to the Speaker
a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be
discharged by the Vice-President as Acting President. In the event the
Vice-President shall not have been chosen and qualified, the Prime
Minister,
or in the case of the latter's inability, the Speaker, shall act as
Acting
President.
Sec.
7. All acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
8. This Act shall take effect
upon its approval. chanrobles virtual law library
Approved:
December 3, 1985
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