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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1514
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1514 -
PROVIDING FOR SUCCESSION TO THE OFFICES OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME
MINISTER IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE
MATTER
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(REPEALED
BY BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 231)
WHEREAS, the election of the members of the Interim Batasang Pambansa
makes it necessary to implement the provisions of the Constitution on
the matter of succession to the Offices of the President and the Prime
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the
Constitution, do hereby decree and order:cralaw:red
Section 1. In case of permanent disability, death or
resignation of the President (Prime Minister), the Speaker of the
Interim Batasang Pambansa shall act as President and perform the duties
under Article VII of the Constitution, and the Deputy Prime Minister,
or if there be more than one, the Senior Deputy Prime Minister, shall
act as Prime Minister, with the powers and functions prescribed under
the Constitution, until the Interim Batasang Pambansa elects from among
its members a President and a Prime Minister.
Section 2. The Speaker shall immediately convene or
call to session the Interim Batasang Pambansa which shall elect a
President and a Prime Minister in accordance with Articles VII, VIII
and IX of the Constitution.
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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