CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
7. In addition to the relevant provisions of the electoral law, specific legislation
shall establish the conditions for setting up and for holding referenda.
Article 137
Incompatibility
1. The offices of President of the Republic, President of the Assembly of the
Republic, Prime Minister, President of the Supreme Court, President of the
Constitutional Council, President of the Administrative Court, Attorney General of
the Republic, Ombudsman, Vice President of the Supreme Court, Deputy
Attorney General of the Republic, Deputy, Deputy Minister, Secretary of State,
Provincial Governor, District Administrator, military personnel in active service
shall be mutually incompatible.
2. The position of member of Government shall likewise be incompatible with the
offices referred to in the preceding paragraph, with the exception of those of the
President of the Republic and the Prime Minister.
3. The law shall define other incompatibilities, including incompatibilities between
public offices and private duties.
Article 138
Central Offices
Central State offices are: the sovereign public offices, governmental bodies as a
whole, and such institutions as are responsible for guaranteeing that national
interests prevail and that a unitary State policy is implemented.
Article 139
Powers of Central Offices
1. Central State offices shall, in general, have power to exercise sovereign
functions, to regulate matters in accordance with the law, and to define national
policies.
2. The central offices shall have exclusive powers in the following matters:
representation of the State, definition and organisation of the territory, national
defence, public order, supervision of borders, issuing of currency, and diplomatic
relations.
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