Article 73 of the Constitution of Brazil

instrument provided by item v of article 59 of the c onstitution may not be applied.” a rticle 2. p aragraph 4 of article 2 of the c onstitutional a mendment no. 3 of 1993 is hereby revoked. a rticle 3. t his amendment shall come into force on the date of its publication. b rasília, March 1, 1994. THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS: Humberto Lucena, p resident – Adylson Motta, f irst vice- p resident – Levy Dias, s econd vice- p resident miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd 428 17/6/2010 15:01:20 Revision Constitutional Amendments 429 – Wilson Campos, f irst s ecretary – Nabor Júnior, s econd s ecretary – Aécio Neves, t hird s ecretary – Nelson Wedekin , f ourth s ecretary. p ublished in the Official Journal , March 2, 1994. miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd 429 17/6/2010 15:01:20 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil 430 ReVision Constitutional amen D ment n o. 2, 1994 the d irecting b oard of the n ational c ongress, under the provisions of article 60 of the f ederal c onstitution, combined with article 3 of the temporary c onstitutional Provisions Act, promulgates the following Constitutional Amendment: a rticle 1. The expression “or any chief officers of agencies directly subordinate to the p residency of the r epublic” is added to the text of article 50 of the c onstitution, which shall henceforth be in force with the following wording: “ar ticle 50. th e ch amber of de puties and the fe deral se nate, or any of their committees, may summon a Minister of s tate or any chief officers of agencies directly subordinate to the pr esidency of the re public to personally render information on a previoulsy determined matter, and this absence without adequate justification shall constitute a crime of malversation.” a rticle 2. t he expression “or any of the persons mentioned in the caption of this article” is added to paragraph 2 of article 50, which shall henceforth be in force with the following wording: “ a rticle 50. .............................................................................. .................................................................................................. pa ragraph 2. th e di recting bo ards of the ch amber of de puties and of the fe deral se nate may forward to the Ministers of s tate, or any of the persons mentioned in the head paragraph of this article, written requests for information, and refusal or non-compliance, within a period of thirty days, as well as the rendering of false information, shall constitute a crime of malversation.” a rticle 3. t his c onstitutional a mendment shall come into force on the date of its publication. b rasília, June 7, 1994. the direc TING BOARD OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS: Humberto Lucena, p resident – Adylson Motta, f irst vice- p resident – Levy Dias, s econd vice- p resident – Wilson Campos, f irst s ecretary – Nabor Junior, s econd s ecretary – Aécio Neves, t hird s ecretary – Nelson Wedekin , f ourth s ecretary. p ublished in the Official Journal , June 9, 1994. miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd 430 17/6/2010 15:01:20 Revision Constitutional Amendments 431 ReVision Constitutional amen D ment n o. 3, 1994 th e di recting bo ard of the na tional co ngress, under the terms of article 60 of the f ederal c onstitution, combined with article 3 of the temporary c onstitutional Provisions Act, promulgates the following Constitutional Amendment: a rticle 1. s ubitem c of item i , subitem b of item ii , paragraph 1 and item ii of paragraph 4 of article 12 of the f ederal c onstitution shall henceforth be in force with the following wording: “ a rticle 12. .............................................................................. .................................................................................................. i – ............................................................................................ a) ............................................................................................. b) ............................................................................................. c ) Those born abroad, of a Brazilian father or a Brazilian mother, provided that they come to reside in the f ederative r epublic of Brazil and opt for the Brazilian nationality at any time; ii – ........................................................................................... a) ............................................................................................. b ) foreigners of any nationality, resident in the fe derative Republic of Brazil for over fifteen uninterrupted years and without criminal conviction, provided that they apply for the Brazilian nationality. Paragraph 1. T he rights inherent to Brazilians shall be attributed to Portuguese citizens with permanent residence in Brazil, if there is reciprocity in favour of Brazilians, except in the cases stated in the c onstitution. p aragraph 2. ........................................................................... p aragraph 3. ........................................................................... p aragraph 4. ........................................................................... i – ............................................................................................ II – acquires another nationality , save in the cases: a) of recognition of the original nationality by the foreign law; b) of imposition of naturalization, under the foreign rules, to the Brazilian resident in a foreign State, as a condition for permanence in its territory, or for the exercise of civil rights.” miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd 431 17/6/2010 15:01:20 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil 432