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Political Constitution of Colombia (1991). Official Spanish from SUIN-Juriscol. English from Constitute Project / Max Planck, cutoff 2015 — not a gazette.

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Art. 216

Art. 216

The public force shall consist of the Armed Forces and the National Police, exclusively.

All Colombian citizens are obliged to take up arms when the public need mandates it in order to defend national independence and the public institutions.

An Act shall determine the conditions which at all times qualify an individual for exemption from military service and the benefits for service in them.

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