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Head of State
- EnglishThe President and the Vice-President shall be elected by direct vote of the people for a term of six years … (Art. VII, Sec. 4)
- FilipinoAng Pangulo at Pangalawang Pangulo ay dapat mahalal sa pamamagitan ng tuwirang boto ng sambayanan para sa taning na anim na taon ... (Art. VII, Seksyon 4)
Head of State
- English
(1) Any citizen who is qualified to be elected to the office of President may be nominated as a candidate for such office –
(a) by a recognized political party ; or
(b) if he is or has been an elected member of the legislature, by any other political party or by an elector whose name has been entered in any register of electors.
... (Art. 31) - Sinhala
(1) ජනාධිපති ධුරයට තෝරා පත් කර ගනු ලැබීම සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇති කවර වූ හෝ පුරවැසියකුගේ නම -
(අ) පිළිගත් දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක් විසින්; හෝ
(ආ) ඔහු ව්යවස්ථාදායකයෙහි තෝරා පත් කළ මන්ත්රීවරයෙක්ව සිටී නම් නැතහොත් එසේ මන්ත්රීවරයෙක්ව සිටියේ නම්, වෙනත් යම් දේශපාලන පක්ෂයක් විසින් හෝ යම්කිසි ඡන්ද හිමි නාම ලේඛනයක නම ඇතුළත් ඡන්ද හිමියකු විසින්;
... (31 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Head of State
- English1. The President of the Republic shall be elected by universal, free, direct, secret, and personal suffrage.
… (Sec. 76) - Tetum1. Atu sai Prezidente-Repúblika, sei hili tuir sufrájiu universál, livre, diretu, sekretu no idaidak.
… (Art. 76) - Portuguese1. O Presidente da República é eleito por sufrágio universal, livre, directo, secreto e pessoal.
… (Art. 76)
Head of State
- Englisha. The President of the Republic is the President of the state and shall be elected according to the Constitution.
… (Art. 106) - Arabicأ. رئيس الجمهورية هو رئيس الدولة ويتم انتخابه وفقاً للدستور.
… (المادّة 106)
Head of State
- EnglishHis Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan shall have the power to make laws for the peace, order, security and good government of Brunei Darussalam. (Sec. 39)
- MalayKebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan hendaklah mempunyai kuasa untuk membuat undang-undang bagi keamanan, ketenteraman, keselamatan dan pemerintahan yang baik Negara Brunei Darussalam. (Sec. 39)
Head of State
- English
1. The President of Georgia is the Head of the state of Georgia and is the guarantor of the country’s unity and national independence.
… (Art. 49) - Georgian
1. საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი არის საქართველოს სახელმწიფოს მეთაური, ქვეყნის ერთიანობისა და ეროვნული დამოუკიდებლობის გარანტი.
… (მუხლი 49)
Head of State
- English(a) The President of the State is elected by the Knesset for seven years. (b) The President will serve for one term only.
... (Basic Law: The President of the State (1964), Sec. 3) - Hebrew(א) נשיא המדינה נבחר על ידי הכנסת לשבע שנים; (ב)נשיא המדינה יכהן תקופת כהונה אחת בלבד.
… (חוק יסוד: נשיא המדינה (1964), סעיף 3)
Head of State
- English1. The President shall be the head of State.
… (Art. 60) - Russian1. Президент является главой государства.
… (Статья 60) - Kyrgyz1. Президент мамлекет башчысы болуп саналат.
… (60-берене)
Head of State
- English(1) There shall be a President in Nepal.
(2) The President shall be the head of state of Nepal. He or she shall perform his or her functions in accordance with this Constitution and the Federal law.
…
(4) The main duty of the President shall be to abide by and protect this Constitution. (Art. 61) - Nepali(१) नेपालमा एक राष्ट्रपति रहनेछ ।
(२) राष्ट्रपति नेपालको राष्ट्राध्यक्ष हुनेछ । निजले यस संविधान र संघीय कानून बमोजिम आफ्नो कार्य सम्पादन गर्नेछ ।
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(४) संविधानको पालन र संरक्षण गर्नु राष्ट्रपतिको प्रमुख कर्तव्य हुनेछ । (धारा ६१)
Head of State
- EnglishThe powers of the State shall comprise:
• The Judicial Power
• The Executive Power
• The Organizational Power
All these powers shall cooperate in performing their duties according to this Law and other regulations. The King is the ultimate source of all these authorities. (Basic Law, Art. 44) - Arabicتتكون السلطات في الدولة من:
السلطة القضائية.
السلطة التنفيذية.
السلطة التنظيمية.
وتتعاون هذه السلطات في أداء وظائفها، وفقاً لهذا النظام وغيره من الأنظمة، والملك هو مرجع هذه السلطات. (النظام الأساسي، المادّة 44)