# Article 97 of the Constitution of Brazil

- Jurisdiction: Brazil (BR)
- Article: 97
- Chapter (as indexed): Chapter II: – Social
- Source document: Brazil Constitution
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## Verbatim text

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Constitutional Amendments 385
ii – in the case of option for the system set forth in i tem ii  of p aragraph 1
of Article 97 of the Temporary Constitutional Provisions Act, upon expiration of
relevant period.
a
rticle 5.
a
ny assignment of court order credits effected before the enactment of
this c
onstitutional a
mendment no. 62, irrespective of consent by the federating unit
in debt, is hereby confirmed.
a
rticle 6.
a
ny offsetting of court-ordered debt payments against taxes owed to a
debtor federating unit and due up to o
ctober 31, 2009, effected under the terms of
Paragraph 2 of Article 78 of the Temporary Constitutional Provisions Act, and before the enactment of this Constitutional Amendment no. 62, is hereby confirmed.
a
rticle 7.
t
his c
onstitutional a
mendment shall come into force on the date of its
publication.
b
rasília,
d
ecember 9, 2009.
THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES: Deputy Michel
Temer, Speaker – Deputy Marco Maia, f
irst vice-
p
resident – d
eputy Antônio Carlos
Magalhães Neto, s
econd vice-
p
resident – d
eputy Rafael Guerra, f
irst s
ecretary –
de
puty Inocêncio Oliveira , se
cond se
cretary – de
puty Odair Cunha , th
ird se
cretary
–
d
eputy Nelson Marquezelli ,
f
ourth
s
ecretary.
THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE FEDERAL SENATE: Senator Marconi Perillo ,
f
irst vice-
p
resident, a
cting p
resident – s
enator Serys Slhessarenko, s
econd vice-
pr
esident – se
nator Heráclito Fortes , fi
rst se
cretary – se
nator João Vicente Claudino ,
s
econd s
ecretary – s
enator Mão Santa, t
hird s
ecretary – s
enator Patrícia Saboya,
a
cting
f
ourth
s
ecretary.
p
ublished in the Official Journal ,
d
ecember 10, 2009.
miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd   385 17/6/2010   15:01:18
Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil 386
Constitutional  amen D ment  n o. 63, 2010
Alters Paragraph 5 of Article 198 of the Federal
Constitution, to provide for a nationwide professional minimum salary and guidelines for the Career Schemes of community health workers and endemic disease control agents.
th
e di
recting bo
ards of the ch
amber of de
puties and of the fe
deral se
nate, under
the terms of paragraph 3 of article 60 of the fe
deral co
nstitution, enact the following
Amendment to the constitutional text:
a
rticle 1.
p
aragraph 5 of a
rticle 198 of the f
ederal c
onstitution shall henceforth
read as follows:
“
a
rticle 198.  ............................................................................
..................................................................................................
pa
ragraph 5. fe
deral legislation shall provide for the legal
regime, a nationwide professional minimum salary, the guidelines for
ca
reer sc
hemes, and the regulation of activities of
community health workers and endemic disease control agents, and it shall be incumbent upon the
f
ederal Government, under
the terms of the law, to provide supplementary financial support to the
st
ates, the fe
deral di
strict, and Municipalities, to achieve
compliance with said minimum salary.
................................................................................................ ”
a
rticle 2.
t
his a
mendment shall come into force on the date of its publication.
b
rasília,
f
ebruary 4, 2010.
THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES: Deputy Michel
Temer, Speaker – Deputy Marco Maia, f
irst vice-
p
resident – d
eputy Antônio Carlos
Magalhães Neto, s
econd vice-
p
resident – d
eputy Rafael Guerra, f
irst s
ecretary –
de
puty Inocêncio Oliveira , se
cond se
cretary – de
puty Odair Cunha , th
ird se
cretary
–
d
eputy Nelson Marquezelli ,
f
ourth
s
ecretary.
THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE FEDERAL SENATE: Senator José Sarney,
pr
esident – se
nator Marconi Perillo , fi
rst vi
ce-pr
esident – se
nator Serys Slhessarenko ,
s
econd vice-
p
resident – s
enator Heráclito Fortes, f
irst s
ecretary – s
enator João
Vicente Claudino, s
econd s
ecretary – s
enator Mão Santa, t
hird s
ecretary – s
enator
Patrícia Saboya , a
cting
f
ourth
s
ecretary.
p
ublished in the Official Journal ,
f
ebruary 5, 2010.
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Constitutional Amendments 387
Constitutional  amen D ment  n o. 64, 2010
Changes the wording of Article 6 of the Federal
Constitution, to include food as a social right.
th
e di
recting bo
ards of the ch
amber of de
puties and of the fe
deral se
nate, under
the terms of paragraph 3 of article 60 of the fe
deral co
nstitution, enact the following
Amendment to the constitutional text:
a
rticle 1.  Article 6 of the Federal Constitution shall henceforth read as follows:
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 97 of the Constitution of Brazil.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “Chapter II: – Social”.
- The passage runs to about 781 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions pay and pensions — it sets pay, salary, allowance or pension terms (the words used: “salary”).
- **Caveat:** The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“of the Temporary Constitutional Provisions Act, should the amount of court-ordered debts be lower than the amount of funds earmarked to pay them;”), 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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