Legal basis and repealed laws
- Section 2 repeals Commonwealth Act Numbered Sixty-eight.
- Section 2 repeals Executive Order Numbered Three hundred and ninety.
Triggering conditions for succession
- Section 1 applies when neither the President-elect nor the Vice-President-elect shall have qualified.
- Section 1 applies in the event of the removal, death, or resignation of both the President and the Vice-President.
- Section 1 applies in the event of the inability of both the President and the Vice-President to discharge the powers and duties of the office of President.
- Section 1 directs the succession action to continue until the successor conditions are satisfied, including qualification of the next eligible President or Vice-President or election of a President.
Order of presidential succession
- Section 1 provides that the President of the Senate shall act as President of the Philippines if the President-elect and Vice-President-elect have not qualified, or if both the President and Vice-President are removed, die, resign, or are unable to act.
- Section 1 provides that if there is no President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall act as President.
- Section 1 provides that if the Speaker is subject to removal, death, resignation, or inability to act as President, the next successor is the Senator or Representative elected by the Members of the Congress in joint session.
- The acting successor in Section 1 performs the powers and duties of the office of President.
Duration of acting Presidency
- Section 1 provides that the acting President remains in office until the President or President-elect or the Vice-President or Vice-President elect shall have qualified.
- Section 1 provides that the acting President serves until their disability shall be removed.
- Section 1 provides that the acting President serves until a President shall have been elected and shall have qualified.