# Article 3 of the Constitution of Brazil

- Jurisdiction: Brazil (BR)
- Article: 3
- Chapter (as indexed): Chapter II: – Social
- Source document: Brazil Constitution
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## Verbatim text

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publication.
b
rasília,
f
ebruary 8, 2006.
THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES: Deputy Aldo
Rebelo , p
resident – d
eputy José Thomaz Nonô, f
irst vice-
p
resident – d
eputy Ciro
Nogueira , se
cond vi
ce-pr
esident – de
puty Inocêncio Oliveira , fi
rst se
cretary – de
puty
Nilton Capixaba ,
s
econd
s
ecretary –
d
eputy João Caldas,
f
ourth
s
ecretary.
THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE FEDERAL SENATE: Senator Renan Calheiros ,
pr
esident – se
nator Tião Viana , fi
rst vi
ce-pr
esident – se
nator Antero Paes de Barros ,
se
cond vi
ce-pr
esident – se
nator Efraim Morais , fi
rst se
cretary – se
nator João Alberto
Souza , se
cond se
cretary – se
nator Paulo Octávio , th
ird se
cretary – se
nator Eduardo
Siqueira Campos,
f
ourth
s
ecretary.
p
ublished in the Official Journal ,
f
ebruary 9, 2006.
miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd   350 17/6/2010   15:01:16
Constitutional Amendments 351
Constitutional  amen D ment  n o. 50, 2006
Alters article 57 of the Federal Constitution.
t
he d
irecting b
oards of the c
hamber of d
eputies and of the f
ederal s
enate, under
the terms of article 60 of the f
ederal c
onstitution, enact the following a
mendment
to the constitutional text:
a
rticle 1.  Article 57 of the Federal Constitution shall henceforth read as follows:
“Article
57. The National Congress shall meet each year in the
Federal Capital, from February 2 to July 17 and from August
1 to
d
ecember 22.
..................................................................................................
p
aragraph 4.
b
oth h
ouses shall meet in a preparatory session,
beginning February 1 of the first year of the legislative term, for the installation of its members and the election of the respective Directing Boards, for a term of office of two years, the re-election to the same office in the immediately subsequent election being prohibited.
..................................................................................................
p
aragraph 6.
s
pecial sessions of the n
ational c
ongress shall
be called:..................................................................................................
ii
– by the p
resident of the r
epublic, by the p
residents of the
c
hamber of d
eputies and of the f
ederal s
enate, or by request
of the majority of the members of both Houses, in the event of
urgency or important public interest, approval by the absolute majority of each House of the National Congress being required in all cases referred to in this item.
Paragraph 7.
I
n a special legislative session, the National
co
ngress shall deliberate only upon the matter for which it
was called, exception being made for the event mentioned in
paragraph 8 of this article, the payment of a compensatory amount by virtue of the special session being forbidden.
................................................................................................ ”
a
rticle 2.
t
his c
onstitutional a
mendment shall come into force on the date of its
publication.
b
rasília,
f
ebruary 14, 2006.
THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES: Deputy Aldo
Rebelo , p
resident – d
eputy José Thomaz Nonô, f
irst
vice-
p
resident – d
eputy Ciro
miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd   351 17/6/2010   15:01:17
Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil 352
Nogueira , se cond vi ce-pr esident – de puty Inocêncio Oliveira , fi rst se cretary – de puty
Nilton Capixaba ,
s
econd
s
ecretary –
d
eputy João Caldas,
f
ourth
s
ecretary.
THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE FEDERAL SENATE: Senator Renan Calheiros ,
pr
esident – se
nator Tião Viana , fi
rst vi
ce-pr
esident – se
nator Antero Paes de Barros ,
se
cond vi
ce-pr
esident – se
nator Efraim Morais , fi
rst se
cretary – se
nator João
Alberto Souza, s
econd s
ecretary – s
enator Paulo Octávio, t
hird s
ecretary – s
enator
Eduardo Siqueira Campos,
f
ourth
s
ecretary.
p
ublished in the Official Journal ,
f
ebruary 15, 2006.
miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd   352 17/6/2010   15:01:17
Constitutional Amendments 353
Constitutional  amen D ment  n o. 51, 2006
Adds paragraphs 4, 5, and 6 to article 198 of the
Federal Constitution.
t
he d
irecting b
oards of the c
hamber of d
eputies and of the f
ederal s
enate, under
the terms of article 60 of the f
ederal c
onstitution, enact the following a
mendment
to the constitutional text:
ar
ticle 1.
ar
ticle 198 of the fe
deral co
nstitution shall henceforth include the
following paragraphs 4, 5, and 6:
“
a
rticle 198.  ............................................................................
Paragraph
4.
The
local managers of the unified health system
may hire community health workers and endemic disease control agents by means of a public selection process, taking into account the nature and complexity of their duties and the specific requirements of their activity.
pa
ragraph 5.
fe
deral legislation shall provide for the legal
regime and the regulation of the activities of community health workers and endemic disease control agents.
p
aragraph 6.
i
n addition to the cases set forth in paragraph 1
of article 41 and in paragraph 4 of article 169 of the f
ederal
c
onstitution, an employee whose activities are equivalent to
those of a community health worker or an endemic disease control agent may be dismissed if he does not comply with the specific requirements stipulated by law for such activities.”
ar
ticle 2.
as
from the enactment of this co
nstitutional am
endment, community
health workers and endemic disease control agents may only be hired directly by the
st
ates, the fe
deral di
strict, or the Municipalities under the terms of paragraph 4 of
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 3 of the Constitution of Brazil.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “Chapter II: – Social”.
- The passage runs to about 932 words.
- **Caveat:** The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“this c onstitutional a mendment shall come into force on the date of its”), 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.
- **Caveat:** No rights vocabulary from our fixed word list appears in this passage, so no plain-language reading is offered for it.

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Portable Lawyer · Article 3 of the Constitution of Brazil (chapter: “Chapter II: – Social”). publication. b rasília, f ebruary 8, 2006. THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES: Deputy Aldo Rebelo , p resident – d eputy José Thomaz Nonô, f irst vice- p resident – d…