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THE STATE

1. Burma shall be a fully independent and sovereign state.

2. Burma shall be a co-equal member of the-community of sovereign states forming the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity sphere.

3. All powers of Government and all authority legislative, executive and judicial are derived from the people and the same shall be exercised in accordance with the scheme hereunder.

HEAD OF THE STATE

1. Burma shall be ruled over by the Head of the State who shall have full sovereign status and power"

2. Succession to the Headship of the State before the Constitution comes into operation shall be settled by election, if possible within 30 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, at a joint session of the Cabinet and the Privy Council presided over by the President or Vice-President of the Privy Council or, in the absence of both these persons, by a member of the Privy Council elected by the Privy Council for that purpose.

CABINET OF MINISTERS

1. There shall be a Cabinet of Ministers presided over by the Prime Minister.