SECTION III.
GOVERNMENTAL AND EXECUTIVE POWERS.
§ 55.
Decree shall be issued only for the execution and within the limitations of each specific law.
President of the Republic.
I.
§ 56.
1. The President of the Republic shall be elected by the National Assembly (§ 38).
2. Any citizen of the Czechoslovak Republic, eligible to the Chamber of Deputies and not less than 35 years of age, may be elected President of the Republic (§ 67).
§ 57.
1. The election shall be valid only if half of all members of both chambers shall be present and if a majority of three-fifths of those present shall be obtained.
2. Should two ballots produce no result, a third ballot shall be cast to decide between those two candidates who at the previous balloting obtained the greatest number of votes. The candidate who obtains the largest number of votes shall be elected. In the case of a tie, the decision shall be made by lot.
3. Details shall be determined by law.
§ 58.
1. The period of office shall be counted from the day when the new President takes his oath according to § 65.
2. The term of office shall be seven years.
3. Elections shall be held during the last four weeks prior to the expiration of the President’s term of office.
4. No one shall be elected more than twice in succession. He who has been elected President twice in succession cannot again be elected until the expiration of seven years from his last term of office. This provision, however, does not apply to the first President of the Czechoslovak Republic.
5. The President remains in office until his successor shall be elected.
