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(d) Within the limits of the statutes citizens shall have the rights of freedom of speech, of writing and publication, and of assembly and association.
(e) Within the limits of the statutes citizens shall have the right of secrecy of correspondence.
() Within the limits of the statutes citizens shall have the right of freedom of abode and of changing the same.
(g) Within the limits of the statutes citizens shall have the right of freedom of religious belief.
Article 6. In accordance with the provisions of the statutes citizens shall have the right of petitioning the Legislature.
Article 7.-In accordance with the provisions of the statutes citizens shall have the right to institute proceedings in the Courts of Law.
Article 8.-In accordance with the provisions of the statutes citizens shall have the right of petitioning administrative officers and of lodging complaints with the Ping Cheng Yuan.
Article 9.-In accordance with the provisions of law and ordinance citizens shall have the right to attend the examinations for the appointment of officers and to enter the public service.
Article 10.-In accordance with the provisions of the statutes citizens shall have the right to elect and to be elected.
Article 11-In accordance with the provisions of the statutes citizens are subject to the duty of paying taxes.
Article 12. In accordance with the provisions of the statutes citizens are subject to the duty of performing military service.
Article 13. The provisions made in this Chapter, that are not in conflict with the law, ordinances and discipline of the Army and Navy, shall be applicable to persons belonging to the said services.
CHAPTER 3-THE PRESIDENT.
Article 14.-The President is the head of the Nation and combines in himself all the powers of government.
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Article 15.-The President shall represent the Chung Hua Min Kuo.
Article 16.-The President shall be responsible to the whole Nation. Article 17.-The President shall convoke the Legislature and open, prorogue and close its sessions.
The President, with the concurrence of the Council of State, may dissolve the Legislature; in the case of dissolution new members must be elected and the Legislature convoked within six months from the date of dissolution.
Article 18.-The President may initiate legislation and shall lay the estimates before the Legislature.
Article 19. For the promotion of public welfare, for the execution of the statutes, or in pursuance of authority granted by statute, the President may issue or cause to be issued ordinances, but no ordinance shall alter any
statute.
Article 20.-In order to maintain peace and order, or to avert extra- ordinary calamities, at a time of urgent necessity when the Legislature cannot be convoked, the President, with the concurrence of the Council of State, may issue emergency ordinances having the force of law; but such ordinances shall be submitted to the Legislature for ratification at the beginning of its next session.
Should the said emergency ordinances be rejected by the Legislature, they shall, thereafter, be cull and void.
Article 21. The President shall prescribe and determine the organization of all offices and shall issue the regulations fixing the duties of officials. The President shall appoint and dismiss civil and military officers.
Article 22.-The President shall declare war and conclude peace,
Article 23.-The President is the Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, and leads the land and sea forces of the Nation.
The President shall determine the organization and the strength of the Army and Navy.
Article 24-The President shall receive foreign ambassadors and ministers.
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