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213.
The President :
(a)
shall have the right to take appropriate military action, in co-ordination
with the National Defence and Security Council formed in accord with the
Constitution, in case of aggression against the Union;
(b)
shall submit the action so taken to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw for approval if
it is in session, or to summon an emergency session to submit that matter
for approval if the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is not in session;
(c)
may declare war or make peace only with the assent of the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw.
214.
The President shall take action in accord with the provisions of the Constitution
and sign the laws passed and enacted by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. The said signed laws
shall be promulgated in the Official Gazette.
215.
The President shall not be answerable to either any Hluttaw or to any Court for
the exercise of the powers and functions of his office or for any act done or purported to
be done by him in the exercise of these powers and functions in accord with the Constitution
or any law. However, the exemption does not deal with the provisions relating to
impeachment of the President under the Constitution.
The Executive Power of the Union Government
216.
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, the executive power of the Union
extends to administrative matters over which the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has power to make
laws.