proved and become law.
No bill totally rejected by one house shall be discussed again in the
same session.
ART. 63. Every law shall be promulgated within ten days next following
its approval by either the President or the Congress, as the case may
be, under the provisions of the preceding article.
TITLE VII
THE EXECUTIVE POWER
SECTION FIRST
THE EXERCISE OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER
ART. 64. The executive power shall be vested in the President of the
Republic.
SECTION SECOND
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, HIS POWERS
AND DUTIES
ART. 65. To be President of the Republic the following qualifications
shall be required.
1. To be a Cuban by birth or naturalization, and in the latter case to
have served in the Cuban armies in the wars of independence for at least
ten years.
2. To be over forty years of age.
3. To be in the full enjoyment of civil and political rights.
ART. 66. The President of the Republic shall be elected by presidential
electors on the same day, in the manner provided by law.
The term of office shall be four years, and no one shall be President
for three consecutive terms.
ART. 67. The President, before entering on the discharge of the duties
of his office, shall take oath or affirmation before the supreme court
of justice to faithfully discharge his duties and comply and cause
others to comply with the constitution and the laws.
ART. 68. The President of the Republic shall have the following powers
and duties:
1. To approve and promulgate the laws, and obey and cause others to obey
their provisions. To enact, if Congress has not done so, such rules and
regulations as may be necessary for the proper execution of the laws;
and to issue all orders or decrees which may be conducive to the same
purpose or to any other purposes of government and the administration
thereof in the Republic, provided that in no case the said orders or
decrees are at variance with the provisions of the law.
2. To call Congress, or the Senate alone, to meet in extra session in
the cases set forth in the constitution, or when in his opinion the
meeting may be necessary.
3. He shall adjourn Congress when no agreement can be reached between
the two houses on the question of adjournment.
4. To transmit to Congress at the beginning of each session, and
whenever he may deem it advisable, a message relating to the acts of his
administration, showing the general condition of the affairs of the
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