- •Constitution of the federative republic of brazil, 1988
- •Preamble
- •Title I. Fundamental principles
- •Chapter I - individual and collective rights and duties
- •Chapter II - social rights
- •Chapter III - nationality
- •Chapter IV - political rights
- •Chapter V - political parties
- •Title III. The organization of the state chapter I. The political and administrative organization
- •Chapter II. The union
- •Chapter III. The federated states
- •Chapter IV. The municipalities
- •Chapter V - the federal district and the territories section I - the federal district
- •Section II - the territories
- •Chapter VI - intervention
- •Chapter VII. Public administration section I - general provisions
- •Section II - civil servants
- •Section III - the military of the states, of the federal district and of the territories
- •Section IV - the regions
- •Title IV- the organization of the powers chapter I - the legislative power section I - the national congress
- •Section II - powers of the national congress
- •Section III - the chamber of deputies
- •Section IV - the federal senate
- •Section V - deputies and senators
- •Section VI - the sessions
- •Section VII - the committees
- •Section VIII - the legislative process subsection I - general provision
- •Subsection II - amendments to the constitution
- •Subsection III - the laws
- •Section IX - accounting, financial and budgetary control
- •Chapter II - the executive power section I - the president and the vice president of the republic
- •Section II - duties of the president of the republic
- •Section III - liability of the president of the republic
- •Section IV - the ministers of state
- •Section V - the council of the republic and the national defense council subsection I - the council of the republic
- •Subsection II - the national defense council
- •Title V - the defense of the state and of the democratic institutions chapter I - the state of defense and the state of siege section I - the state of defense
- •Section II - the state of siege
- •Section III - general provisions
- •Chapter II - the armed forces
- •Chapter III - public security
- •Title VI - taxation and budget chapter I - the national tax system section I - general principles
- •Section II - limitations on the power to tax
- •Section III - federal taxes
- •Section IV - state and federal district taxes
- •Section V - municipal taxes
- •Section VI - tax revenue sharing
- •Chapter II - public finances section I - general rules
- •Section II - budgets
- •Title VII - the economic and financial order chapter I - the general principles of the economic activity
- •Chapter II - urban policy
- •Chapter III - agricultural and land policy and agrarian reform
- •Chapter IV - the national financial system
- •Section II - health
- •Section III - social security
- •Section IV - social assistance
- •Chapter III - education. Culture and sports section I - education
- •Section II - culture
- •Section III - sports
- •Chapter IV - science and technology
- •Chapter V - social communication
- •Chapter VI - environment
- •Chapter VII - family, children, adolescents and the elderly
- •Chapter VIII - indians
- •Title IX - general constitutional provisions
- •Temporary constitutional provisions act
- •Brazil Constitution 1988: translated, updated and commented
Section III - the chamber of deputies
Article 51. It is exclusively the competence of the Chamber of Deputies: I - to authorize, by two-thirds of its members, legal proceeding to be initiated against the President and the Vice-President of the Republic and the Ministers of State; II - to effect the taking of accounts of the President of the Republic, when they are not presented to the National Congress within sixty days of the opening of the legislative session; III - to draw up its internal regulations; IV - to provide for its organization, functioning, police, creation, transformation or extinction of offices, positions and functions of its services, and the initiative of law for the establishment of their respective remuneration, taking into account the guidelines set forth in the law of budgetary directives;
Paragraph 4 amended by CA 19, June 4th 1998. Before this Amendment, the Chamber had autonomy to determine its own salaries, by means of a legislative decree, regardless of approval by the President of the Republic. After the Amendment, the salaries are determined by a law, which require approval by the President of the Republic.
V - to elect the members of the Council of the Republic, in the manner prescribed by article 89. VII.
Section IV - the federal senate
Article 52. It is exclusively the competence of the Federal Senate: I - to effect the legal proceeding and trial of the President and Vice-President of the Republic for crime of malversation, as well as the Ministers of State and the Commanders of Navy, Army and Air Force for crimes of the same nature relating to those;
Text in purple added by CA 23, September 2nd 1999.
II - to effect the legal proceeding and trial of the Justices of the Supreme Federal Court, the members of the National Council of Justice and of the National Council of Public Prosecution, the Attorney-General of the Republic and the Advocate-General of the Union for crimes of malversation;
Text in purple added by CA 45, December 8th 2004. That Amendment was called Reform of the Judiciary Power (see articles 92 to 135 of this Constitution); among many other acts, that Amendment created the National Council of Justice and the National Council of the Public Prosecution.
III - to give prior consent, by secret voting, after public hearing, on the selection of: a) judges, in the cases established in this Constitution; b) Justices of the Court of Accounts of the Union appointed by the President of the Republic; c) Governor of a territory; d) president and directors of the Central Bank; e) Attorney-General of the Republic; f) holders of other offices, as the law may determine; IV - to give prior approval, by secret voting, after closed hearing, on the selection of heads of permanent diplomatic missions: V - to authorize foreign transactions of a financial nature, of the interest of the Union, the States, the Federal District, the territories and the municipalities; VI - to establish, as proposed by the President of the Republic, total limits for the entire amount of the consolidated debt of the Union, the States, the Federal District and the municipalities; VII - to provide for the total limits and conditions for foreign and domestic credit transactions of the Union, the States, the Federal District and the municipalities, of their autonomous Government entities and other entities controlled by the Federal Government; VIII - to provide for limits and conditions for the concession of a guarantee by the Union in foreign and domestic credit transactions; IX - to establish total limits and conditions for the entire amount of the debt of the States, the Federal District and the municipalities; X - to stop the application, in full or in part, of a law declared unconstitutional by final decision of the Supreme Federal Court; XI - to approve, by absolute majority and by secret voting, the removal from office of the Attorney-General of the Republic before the end of his term of office; XII - to draw up its internal regulations; XIII - to provide for its organization, functioning, police, creation, transformation or extinction of offices, positions or functions of its services and the initiative of law for establishment of their respective remuneration, taking into account the guidelines established in the law of budgetary directives;
Clause XIII amended by CA 19, June 4th 1998. Before this Amendment, the Senate had autonomy to determine its own salaries, by means of a legislative decree, regardless of approval by the President of the Republic. After the Amendment, the salaries are determined by a law, which require approval by the President of the Republic.
XIV - to elect the members of the Council of the Republic, as established in article 89, VII.
XV - evaluate periodically the functionality of the National Tax System, its structure and components, and the performance of the tax administrations of the Union, States, Federal District and municipalities.
Item XV included by CA nr. 42, Dec. 19th 2003.
Sole paragraph - In the cases provided for in items I and II, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court shall act as President and the sentence, which may only be issued by two-thirds of the votes of the Federal Senate, shall be limited to the loss of office with disqualification to hold any public office for a period of eight years, without prejudice to other applicable judicial sanctions.