CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
3. The State’s defence force and security service shall not adhere to any party
and they shall abstain from taking positions or taking part in actions that could
threaten their internal cohesion and national unity.
4. The State’s defence force and security service shall owe special obedience to
the President of the Republic, in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief.
Article 267
Defence of the Motherland, Military Service and Civic Service
1. It shall be the sacred duty and the honour of all Mozambican citizens to
participate in the defence of independence, of sovereignty and of territorial
integrity.
2. Military service shall be rendered in terms of the law within units of the
Mozambique Armed Defence Forces.
3. The law shall establish a civic service to substitute or complement military
service for all citizens who are not subject to military duties.
4. Exemptions from military service shall be established by law.
CHAPTER II
NATIONAL DEFENCE AND SECURITY COUNCIL
Article 268
Definition and Composition
1. The National Defence and Security Council shall be the State consultative
body for matters pertaining to national sovereignty, territorial integrity, the
defence of democratically established authority, and security.
2. The National Defence and Security Council shall be presided over by the
President of the Republic and the law shall determine its composition, which shall
include two members appointed by the President of the Republic and five
members appointed by the Assembly of the Republic.
Article 269
Powers
The National Defence and Security shall have the following powers, in particular:
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