Article 7 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic

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article of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic constitutional provision

Article 7 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic is the French constitutional provision that governs presidential succession and interim authority, notably assigning a key role to the President of the Senate when the presidency falls vacant.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
amendmentContext	reforms of presidential election procedures under the Fifth Republic ⓘ
appliesInCaseOf	annulment of the presidential election ⓘ death of the President of the Republic ⓘ definitive impediment of the President of the Republic ⓘ resignation of the President of the Republic ⓘ vacancy resulting from any other cause recognized by the Constitutional Council ⓘ
appliesToOffice	President of the French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
assignsFunction	acting President of the Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
bindingOn	state institutions of the French Republic ⓘ
constitutionalRank	supreme law within the French legal order ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dateOfOriginalEnactment	4 October 1958 ⓘ
definesRoleOf	President of the Senate of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
enforcedBy	Constitutional Council of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishes	order of interim authority in case of vacancy of the Presidency ⓘ
governs	interim authority of the President of the Senate ⓘ succession to the President of the French Republic ⓘ
hasBeenAmended	yes ⓘ
jurisdiction	French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
legalSystem	French constitutional law ⓘ
limitsPowersOf	acting President of the Republic ⓘ
objective	ensure continuity of the office of President of the Republic ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of the Fifth Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesThat	in case of temporary impediment of the President of the Republic, the Government may request the Constitutional Council to declare the impediment ⓘ in case of vacancy of the Presidency of the Republic, the President of the Senate exercises the functions of the President of the Republic on an interim basis ⓘ the Constitutional Council declares the vacancy or the impediment of the President of the Republic ⓘ the election of a new President of the Republic must take place within a short period after the declaration of vacancy ⓘ the interim President cannot initiate a revision of the Constitution ⓘ the interim President cannot organize a referendum under Article 11 of the Constitution ⓘ the interim President cannot use the power to dissolve the National Assembly ⓘ
regulates	time limits for organizing a presidential election in case of vacancy ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 11 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 16 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 6 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitutional Council of France NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Senate of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	consultation of the Constitutional Council in case of vacancy or impediment ⓘ publication of the Constitutional Council’s decision on vacancy or impediment ⓘ
subject	impediment of the President of the Republic ⓘ interim exercise of presidential powers ⓘ presidential succession ⓘ vacancy of the Presidency of the Republic ⓘ

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President of the Senate → constitutionalArticle → Article 7 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ

subject surface form: President of the Senate of France