Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil

Chamber of Deputies Directing Board 55th Legislature – 2015-2019 2nd Legislative Session President Rodrigo Maia 1st Vice President Waldir Maranhão 2nd Vice President Giacobo 1st Secretary Beto Mansur 2nd Secretary Felipe Bornier 3rd Secretary Mara Gabrilli 4th Secretary Alex Canziani Secretaries Substitutes 1st Substitute Mandetta 2nd Substitute Gilberto Nascimento 3rd Substitute Luiza Erundina 4th Substitute Ricardo Izar General Director Lucio Henrique Xavier Lopes Secretary General of the Directing Board Wagner Soares Padilha Chamber of Deputies CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL 5th edition Constitutional text enacted on October 5, 1988, with the alterations established by Revision Constitutional Amendments No. 1, 1994 through 6, 1994, by Constitutional Amendments No. 1, 1992 through 92, 2016, and by Legislative Decree No. 186, 2008. Documentation and Information Center Edições Câmara Brasília | 2016 CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES Legislative Division Head: Afrísio Vieira Lima Filho Documentation and Information Center Head: André Freire da Silva Publishing Coordination Head: Heloísa Helena S. C. Antunes Cover: Cosme Rocha Graphic Project: Patrícia Weiss Desktop Publishing: Luiz Eduardo Maklouf and Thiago Gualberto Proofreading: Felipe Sampaio Wense, Jaynne Lima Gonçalves Pereira and Luzimar Gomes de Paiva Translation history: original text, Constitutional Amendments No. 1, 1992 through No. 9, 1995, and Revision Constitutio- nal Amendments No. 1, 1994 through 6, 1994: translated by Istvan Vajda, Patricia de Queiroz Carvalho Zimbres, Vanira Tavares de Souza. Constitutional Amendments No. 10, 1996 through 15, 1996: translated by Istvan Vajda. Constitutional Amendments No. 16, 1997 through 87, 2015: translated by Vanira Tavares de Souza. Constitutional Amendment No. 88 through 90, 2015: translated by Laerte Ferreira Morgado and Maria Iracema L. Martin. Constitutional Amendment No. 91, 2016: translated by Maria Iracema L. Martin and Paulo Roberto Bezerra Mesquita. Constitutional Amendment No. 92, 2016: translated by Maria Iracema L. Martin and revised by Laerte Ferreira Morgado. Translation Service of the Information and Documentation Management Secretariat of the Federal Senate. Câmara dos Deputados Centro de Documentação e Informação – Cedi Coordenação Edições Câmara – Coedi Anexo II – Praça dos Três Poderes Brasília (DF) – CEP 70160-900 Phone: +55 61 3216-5809 [email protected] SÉRIE Textos Básicos n. 132 PDF Dados Internacionais de Catalogação-na-publicação (CIP) Coordenação de Biblioteca. Seção de Catalogação. Brasil. [Constituição (1988)]. Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil [recurso eletrônico] : constitutional text enacted on October 5, 1988, with the alterations established by Revision Constitutional Amendments No. 1, 1994 through 6, 1994, by Constitutional Amendments No. 1, 1992 through 92, 2016, and by Legislative Decree No. 186, 2008. – 5th. ed. – Brasília : Chamber of Deputies, Edições Câmara, 2016. – (Série textos básicos ; n. 132 PDF) Versão PDF. Modo de acesso: livraria.camara.leg.br Disponível, também, em formato impresso e digital (EPUB). ISBN 978-85-402-0478-2 1. Direito constitucional, legislação, Brasil. I. Título. II. Série. CDU 342.4(81)“1988” ISBN 978-85-402-0500-0 (papel) | ISBN 978-85-402-0478-2 (PDF) | ISBN 978-85-402-0555-0 (EPUB) TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLES INDEX ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 AMENDMENTS INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL Preamble ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Title I – Fundamental Principles �� 11 Title II – Fundamental Rights and Guarantees ......................................................................................................................... 11 Chapter I – Individual and Collective Rights and Duties �� 11 Chapter II – Social Rights ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 Chapter III – Nationality .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Chapter IV – Political Rights ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 Chapter V – Political Parties ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 Title III – The Organization of the State ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Chapter I – The Political and Administrative Organization ............................................................................................. 18 Chapter II – The Union �� 18 Chapter III – The Federated States .......................................................................................................................................... 21 Chapter IV – The Municipalities ................................................................................................................................................ 22 Chapter V – The Federal District and the Territories ......................................................................................................... 24 Section I – The Federal District ............................................................................................................................................ 24 Section II – The Territories .................................................................................................................................................... 25 Chapter VI – Intervention ........................................................................................................................................................... 25 Chapter VII – Public Administration �� 26 Section I – General Provisions ............................................................................................................................................. 26 Section II – Government Employees (CA No. 18, 1998) ................................................................................................ 28 Section III – The Military of the States, of the Federal District and of the Territories (CA No. 18, 1998) ............................................................................................................................ 31 Section IV – The Regions ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 Title IV – The Organization of the Powers �� 31 Chapter I – The Legislative Power ........................................................................................................................................... 31 Section I – The National Congress ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Section II – Powers of the National Congress ................................................................................................................. 31 Section III – The Chamber of Deputies .............................................................................................................................. 33 Section IV – The Federal Senate .......................................................................................................................................... 33 Section V – Deputies and Senators .................................................................................................................................... 34 Section VI – The Sessions ...................................................................................................................................................... 35 Section VII – The Committees .............................................................................................................................................. 35 Section VIII – The Legislative Process ............................................................................................................................... 36 Subsection I – General Provision 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