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    Constitution of the Philippines
    Constitution of the Philippines
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    Constitution of the Philippines

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    LanguageEnglish
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    Release dateApr 11, 2021
    ISBN4064066448905
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      Constitution of the Philippines - Government of the Philippines

      Government of the Philippines

      Constitution of the Philippines

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066448905

      Table of Contents

      Preamble

      Article I: The National Territory

      Article II: Declaration of Principles

      State Policies

      Article III: Bill of Rights

      Article IV: Citizenship

      Article V: Suffrage

      Article VI: Legislative Department

      Article VII: Executive Department

      Article VIII: Judicial Department

      Article IX: Impeachment

      Article X: Commission on Elections

      Article XI: General Auditing Office

      Article XII: Civil Service

      Article XIII: Conservation and Utilization of Natural Resources

      Article XIV: General Provisions

      Article XV: Amendments

      Article XVI: Transitory Provisions

      Article XVII: Special Provisions Effective upon the Proclamation of the Independence of the Philippines

      Article XVIII: The Commonwealth and the Republic

      Ordinance Appended to the 1935 Constitution

      Final Paragraph

      Preamble

      Table of Contents

      The Filipino people, imploring the aid of Divine Providence, in order to establish a government that shall embody their ideals, conserve and develop the patrimony of the nation, promote the general welfare, and secure to themselves and their posterity the blessings of independence under a regime of justice, liberty, and democracy, do ordain and promulgate this constitution.

      Article I: The National Territory

      Table of Contents

      The Philippines comprises all the territory ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris concluded between the United States and Spain on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the limits which are set forth in Article III of said treaty, together with all the islands embraced in the treaty concluded at Washington between the United States and Spain on the seventh day of November, nineteen hundred, and the treaty concluded between the United States and Great Britain on the second day of January, nineteen hundred and thirty, and all territory over which the present Government of the Philippine Islands exercises jurisdiction.

      Article II: Declaration of Principles

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      Section 1. The Philippines, is a republican state. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.Section 2. The defense of the State is a prime duty of government, and in the fulfillment of this duty all citizens may be required by law to render personal military or civil service.Section 3. The Philippines renounces war as an instrument of national policy, and adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the Nation.Section 4. The natural right and duty of parents in the rearing of the youth for civic efficiency should receive the aid and support of the government.Section 5. The promotion of social justice to insure the well-being and economic security of all the people should be the concern of the State.Section 6. The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable.

      State Policies

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