CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
Article 156
Incapacitation
1. The permanent incapacitation of the President of the Republic shall be
certified by a medical board, as defined by the law.
2. The permanent incapacitation of the President of the Republic shall be
declared by the Constitutional Council.
3. The Constitutional Council shall certify the death and the divestiture of office of
the President of the Republic.
Article 157
Regime Governing the Interim Period
1. During the period in which the office of President of the Republic is vacant, the
Constitution may not be altered.
2. The interim President of the Republic shall guarantee the functioning of the
offices of the State and all other institutions, but shall not exercise the powers
referred to in article 159 paragraphs (c), (e), (f), (g), (h) (i) and (j), article 160
paragraphs 1(b) and 1(c), article 161 paragraph 2(e) and article 162 (c).
Article 158
Form of Acts
Normative acts of the President of the Republic shall take the form of presidential
decrees, and other decisions shall take the form of presidential orders, and they
shall be published in the Boletim da República.
CHAPTER II
POWERS
Article 159
General Powers
In the performance of his functions, the Head of State shall have the power to:
a) address the nation through messages and communications;
b) inform the Assembly of the Republic every year on the general state of the
Nation;
c) decide, in the terms of article 136, to call referenda on issues of major
national interest;
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