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Indexed passage in the Constitution of Brazil

Chapter
Chapter I: –
Index row title
General Provisions
Source document
Brazil Constitution
Provision ID
66892c3a-df9e-44aa-a851-414dead8f6c2

1,179 words

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 miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd 5 17/6/2010 15:00:59 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 miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd 6 17/6/2010 15:00:59 title V iii – t he s ocial o rder ............................................................................. 135 c hapter i – General p rovision ( a rt.193) ............................................................... 135

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