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The only punishment shall be the loss of his office and permanent disqualification for the Presidency.

2. Details shall be determined by law.

§ 68.

Every governmental or executive act of the President shall also hear the signature of the member of the Government responsible for its execution.

§ 69.

The same provisions shall apply to the Vice-president that apply to the President of the Republic.

THE GOVERNMENT.

§ 70.

1. The Prime Minister and other Ministers of the Government shall be appointed and dismissed by the President of the Republic.

2. The official seat of the Government shall be in Prague (§ 6, No. 2).

§ 71.

The Government shall choose from among the members a deputy Prime Minister. Should this deputy fail to attend, he shall be represented by the oldest member of the Government.

§ 72.

The President of the Republic shall determine as to which member of the Government shall direct each department.

§ 73.

The members of the Government shall take an oath before the President on their honour and conscience that they will conscientiously and impartially perform their duties and abide by the Constitution and other laws of the Republic.

§ 74.

No member of the Government shall be a member of the Board of Directors or Controllers or a representative of any limited liability company, carrying on a business for profit.

§ 75.

The Government shall be responsible to the Chamber of Deputies, which may vote its lack of confidence in the government. Such a vote

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