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

- Jurisdiction: Brazil (BR)
- Article: 3
- Chapter (as indexed): Chapter II: – Social
- Index row title: Article 171 of the Federal Constitution is hereby revoked.
- Source document: Brazil Constitution
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## Verbatim text

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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## 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 row is titled “Article 171 of the Federal Constitution is hereby revoked.”.
- The passage runs to about 546 words.
- **Caveat:** No rights vocabulary from our fixed word list appears in this passage, so no plain-language reading is offered for it.

> 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.

## How to cite this

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Portable Lawyer · Article 3 of the Constitution of Brazil (indexed as “Article 171 of the Federal Constitution is hereby revoked.”). 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…