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1935 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

1935 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

1935 Constitution |

CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES
 
The Filipino people, imploring the aid of Divine Providence, in order to establish a government that shall em­body their ideals, conserve and develop the patrimony of the nation, promote the general welfare, and secure to themselves and their posterity the blessings of independence under a régime of justice, liberty, and democracy, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.
 
Article I.—THE NATIONAL TERRITORY
 
Section 1. The Philippines comprises all the terri­tory ceded to the United States by the treaty of Paris con­cluded between the...