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Article 3 — Article 171 of the Federal Constitution is hereby revoked.

Article
3
Chapter
Chapter II: – Social
Index row title
Article 171 of the Federal Constitution is hereby revoked.
Source document
Brazil Constitution
Provision ID
e4d4f43a-8bbd-4503-a900-8631661fb60f

546 words

Verbatim text

b rasília, a ugust 15, 1995. THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES: Luís Eduardo, pr esident – Ronaldo Perim , fi rst vi ce-pr esident – Beto Mansur , se cond vi ce-pr esident – Wilson Campos, f irst s ecretary – Leopoldo Bessone, s econd s ecretary – Benedito Domingos, t hird s ecretary – João Henrique, f ourth s ecretary. 23 This article was repeated in CA no. 7/1995. miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd 214 17/6/2010 15:01:10 Constitutional Amendments 215 THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE FEDERAL SENATE: José Sarney, p resident – Teotonio Vilela Filho, f irst vice- p resident – Júlio Campos, s econd vice- p resident – Odacir Soares, f irst s ecretary – Renan Calheiros, s econd s ecretary – Levy Dias, t hird s ecretary – Ernandes Amorim, f ourth s ecretary. p ublished in the Official Journal , a ugust 16, 1995. miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd 215 17/6/2010 15:01:10 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil 216 Constitutional amen D ment n o. 7, 1995 Alters article 178 of the Federal Constitution and provides for the adoption of Provisional Measures. t he d irecting b oards of the c hamber of d eputies and of the f ederal s enate, under the terms of paragraph 3 of article 60 of the f ederal c onstitution, promulgate the following Amendment to the constitutional text: a rticle 1. Article 178 of the Federal Constitution shall henceforth be in force with the following wording: “Article 178. t he law shall provide for the regulation of air, water and ground transportation, and it shall, in respect to the regulation of international transportation, comply with the agreements entered into by the u nion, with due regard to the principle of reciprocity. Sole paragraph. in regulating water transportation, the law shall set forth the conditions in which the transportation of goods in coastal and internal navigation will be permitted to foreign vessels.” ar ticle 2. th e following article 246 shall be included in ti tle iX – “General Constitutional Provisions”: “ar ticle 246. th e adoption of any provisional measure for the regulation of any article of the c onstitution the wording of which has been altered by means of an amendment enacted as of 1995 is forbidden.” 24 brasília, a ugust 15, 1995. THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES: Luís Eduardo, pr esident – Ronaldo Perim , fi rst vi ce-pr esident – Beto Mansur , se cond vi ce-pr esident – Wilson Campos, f irst s ecretary – Leopoldo Bessone, s econd s ecretary – Benedito Domingos, t hird s ecretary – João Henrique, f ourth s ecretary. THE DIRECTING BOARD OF THE FEDERAL SENATE: José Sarney, p resident – Teotonio Vilela Filho, f irst vice- p resident – Júlio Campos, s econd vice- p resident – Odacir Soares, f irst s ecretary – Renan Calheiros, s econd s ecretary – Levy Dias, t hird s ecretary – Ernandes Amorim, f ourth s ecretary. p ublished in the Official Journal , a ugust 16, 1995. 24 this article had already been added to the c onstitution by ca no. 6/1995. miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd 216 17/6/2010 15:01:10 Constitutional Amendments 217 Constitutional amen D ment n o. 8, 1995 Alters item XI and subitem “a” of item XII of

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