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Article 7Effect and Application of Laws
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Laws are repealed only by subsequent ones,
and their violation or non-observance shall not be
excused by disuse, or custom or practice to the contrary.
When the courts declared a law to be inconsistent with
the Constitution, the former shall be void and the latter
shall govern.
Administrative or executive acts, orders and regulations
shall be valid only when they are not contrary to the laws
or the Constitution. (5a)
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