Verbatim text
The Political and Administrative Organization (Arts. 18 and 19) ..... 29
c
hapter
ii
– t
he
u
nion (
a
rts. 20 through 24)
...................................................... 29
c
hapter
iii
– t
he
f
ederated
s
tates (
a
rts. 25 through 28) ..................................... 35
c
hapter
iv – t
he Municipalities (
a
rts. 29 through 31) ........................................ 36
c
hapter v – t
he
f
ederal
d
istrict and the territories ............................................. 41
s
ection
i
– t
he
f
ederal
d
istrict (
a
rt. 32) ........................................................... 41
s
ection
ii
– t
he territories (
a
rt. 33) .................................................................. 41
c
hapter vi
–
i
ntervention (
a
rts. 34 through 36) ................................................... 41
c
hapter vii
–
p
ublic a
dministration ..................................................................... 43
Section I – General Provisions (Arts. 37 and 38) ................................................ 43
s
ection
ii
– Government
e
mployees (
a
rts. 39 through 41) ............................... 47
s
ection
iii
– t
he Military of the
s
tates, of the
f
ederal
d
istrict
and of the territories (
a
rt. 42) ..................................................................... 51
s
ection
iv – t
he
r
egions (
a
rt. 43) ................................................................... 51
title
i
V – t
he
o
rganization of the Powers ........................................................ 53
c
hapter
i
– t
he
l
egislative
p
ower ........................................................................ 53
Section I –
The National Congress (Arts. 44 through 47) .................................. 53
s
ection
ii
–
p
owers of the
n
ational
c
ongress (
a
rts. 48 through 50) ................. 53
s
ection
iii
– t
he
c
hamber of
d
eputies (
a
rt. 51) ............................................... 55
s
ection
iv – t
he
f
ederal
s
enate (
a
rt. 52) ......................................................... 56
s
ection v –
d
eputies and
s
enators (
a
rts. 53 through 56) .................................. 57
Section
VI – The Sessions (Art. 57)
................................................................... 59
s
ection vii
– t
he
c
ommittees (
a
rt. 58) ............................................................ 60
s
ection viii
– t
he
l
egislative
p
rocess .............................................................. 61
s
ubsection
i
– General
p
rovision (
a
rt. 59) ...................................................... 61
s
ubsection
ii
– a
mendments to the
c
onstitution (
a
rt. 60) .............................. 62
s
ubsection
iii
– t
he
l
aws (
a
rts. 61 through 69)
............................................. 62
s
ection
i
X – a
ccounting,
f
inancial and
b
udgetary
c
ontrol
(Arts. 70 through 75)
.................................................................................... 66
c
hapter
ii
– t
he
e
xecutive
p
ower ......................................................................... 69
s
ection
i
– t
he
p
resident and the vice-
p
resident of the
r
epublic
(Arts. 76 through 83)
.................................................................................... 69
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section ii – duties of the president of the republic ( art. 84) ............................. 70
s
ection
iii
–
l
iability of the
p
resident of the
r
epublic (
a
rts. 85 and 86). .......... 72
Section IV
– The Ministers of State (Arts. 87 and 88) ......................................... 73
s
ection v – t
he
c
ouncil of the
r
epublic and
the
n
ational
d
efense
c
ouncil ........................................................................ 73
s
ubsection
i
– t
he
c
ouncil of the
r
epublic (
a
rts. 89 and 90) .......................... 73
s
ubsection
ii
– t
he
n
ational
d
efense
c
ouncil (
a
rt. 91) .................................. 74
c
hapter
iii
– t
he Judicial
p
ower ............................................................................ 75
s
ection
i
– General
p
rovisions (
a
rts. 92 through 100) ........................................ 75
s
ection
ii
– t
he
s
upreme
f
ederal
c
ourt (
a
rts. 101 through 103-
b
) ................... 81
s
ection
iii
– t
he
s
uperior
c
ourt of Justice (
a
rts. 104 and 105) ......................... 86
s
ection
iv – t
he
f
ederal
r
egional
c
ourts and the
f
ederal Judges
(
a
rts. 106 through 110)
.................................................................................. 88
Section
V – Labour Courts and Judges (Arts. 111 through 117)
.......................... 91
s
ection vi
–
e
lectoral
c
ourts and Judges (
a
rts. 118 through 121)
..................... 93
s
ection vii
– Military
c
ourts and Judges (
a
rts. 122 through 124) ..................... 94
s
ection viii
–
c
ourts and Judges of the
s
tates (
a
rts. 125 and 126)
................... 95
c
hapter
iv – t
he
f
unctions
e
ssential to Justice .................................................... 96
Section I –
The Public Prosecution (Arts. 127 through 130-A) ........................... 96
s
ection
ii
– t
he
p
ublic a
dvocacy (
a
rts. 131 and 132)
..................................... 100
s
ection
iii
– t
he
l
egal
p
rofession and the
p
ublic
l
egal
d
efense
(
a
rts. 133 through 135)
................................................................................ 101
title
V – t
he Defense of the
s
tate and of the Democratic
i
nstitutions
......... 103
c
hapter
i
– t
he
s
tate of
d
efense and the
s
tate of
s
iege ...................................... 103
s
ection
i
– t
he
s
tate of
d
efense (
a
rt. 136) ....................................................... 103
Section II –
The State of Siege (Arts. 137 through 139) .................................... 104
s
ection
iii
– General
p
rovisions (
a
rts. 140 and 141) ........................................ 105
c
hapter
ii
– t
he a
rmed
f
orces (
a
rts. 142 and 143)
............................................ 105
c
hapter
iii
–
p
ublic
s
ecurity (
a
rt. 144) ............................................................... 106
title
V
i
– taxation and
b
udget
.......................................................................... 109
c
hapter
i
– t
he
n
ational tax
s
ystem
................................................................... 109
s
ection
i
– General
p
rinciples (
a
rts. 145 through 149-
a
)................................. 109
s
ection
ii
–
l
imitations on the
p
ower to tax (
a
rts. 150 through 152)
.............. 1
11
s
ection
iii
–
f
ederal taxes (
a
rts. 153 and 154)
................................................ 1
13
s
ection
iv –
s
tate and
f
ederal
d
istrict taxes (
a
rt. 155)
................................... 1
14
s
ection v – Municipal taxes (
a
rt. 156)
............................................................ 1
17
Section VI – Tax Revenue Sharing (Arts. 157 through 162) ............................. 1
18
c
hapter
ii
–
p
ublic
f
inances ................................................................................. 120
s
ection
i
– General
r
ules (
a
rts. 163 and 164) .................................................. 120
s
ection
ii
–
b
udgets (
a
rts. 165 through 169) .................................................... 121
title
V
ii
– t
he
e
conomic and
f
inancial
o
rder
.............................................. 127
c
hapter
i
– t
he General
p
rinciples of the
e
conomic a
ctivity
(Arts. 170 through 181)
.................................................................................. 127
c
hapter
ii
–
u
rban
p
olicy (
a
rts. 182 and 183) .................................................... 131
c
hapter
iii
– a
gricultural and
l
and
p
olicy and a
grarian
r
eform
(
a
rts. 184 through 191)
.................................................................................. 131
c
hapter
iv – t
he
n
ational
f
inancial
s
ystem (
a
rt. 192) ...................................... 133
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title V iii – t he s ocial o rder ............................................................................. 135
c
hapter
i
– General
p
rovision (
a
rt.193) ............................................................... 135
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