b) International conventions and the respective ratification notices, together with the rest of the notices in relation thereto; c) Laws, executive laws and regional legislative decrees; d) Decrees of the President of the Republic; e) Resolutions of the Assembly of the Republic and of the Legislative Assemblies of the autonomous regions; f) The Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the Republic, the Council of State and the Legislative Assemblies of the autonomous regions; g) Decisions of the Constitutional Court, and other court decisions to which the law grants generally binding force; h) Regulatory decrees and other decrees and regulations issued by the Government, together with decrees of the Representatives of the Republic to the autonomous regions and regional regulatory decrees; i) The results of elections to or for entities that exercise sovereignty, organs of autonomous regions and local government organs, as well as to the European Parliament, and also the results of national and regional referenda. 2. Failure to publicise the acts provided for in subparagraphs (a) to (h) of the previous paragraph and of any act with a generic content of entities that exercise sovereignty, organs of autonomous regions and local government organs shall cause them to be without legal effect. 3. The law shall lay down the forms in which other acts are to be publicised and the consequences of any failure to do so. TITLE II President of the Republic CHAPTER I Status, role and election Article 120 (Definition) The President of the Republic represents the Portuguese Republic, guarantees national independence, the unity of the state and the proper operation of the democratic institutions, and is ex officio Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Article 121 (Election) 1. The President of the Republic is elected by the universal, direct and secret suffrage of Portuguese citizens who are registered to vote in Portuguese territory and, in accordance with the following paragraph, of Portuguese citizens who reside abroad. 2. The law shall regulate the right to vote of Portuguese citizens who reside abroad, to which end it must pay due regard to the existence of ties that effectively link them to the Portuguese community.