# Article 73 of the Constitution of Brazil

- Jurisdiction: Brazil (BR)
- Article: 73
- Chapter (as indexed): Chapter II: – Social
- Source document: Brazil Constitution
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## Verbatim text

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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
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– 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.
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Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil 430
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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.
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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.”
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Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil 432
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 73 of the Constitution of Brazil.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “Chapter II: – Social”.
- The passage runs to about 806 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions movement and residence — it concerns moving around, living where you choose, or leaving the country (the words used: “reside”).
- **Caveat:** The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“In the regulation of the Emergency Social Fund, the”), so it is not used as the provision’s title here.
- **Caveat:** The index gives this passage an article number but stores a body fragment where a heading would be, so the number could not be cross-checked against the text. Check it against the official Constitution before relying on it in a citation.

> This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

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Portable Lawyer · Article 73 of the Constitution of Brazil (chapter: “Chapter II: – Social”). 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…