- •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 II - culture
Article 215. The state shall ensure to all the full exercise of the cultural rights and access to the sources of national culture and shall support and foster the appreciation and diffusion of cultural expressions. Paragraph 1 - The State shall protect the expressions of popular, Indian and Afro-Brazilian cultures, as well as those of other groups participating in the national civilization process. Paragraph 2 - The law shall provide for the establishment of commemorative dates of high significance for the various national ethnic segments.
Paragraph 3 - The shall shall establish the National Plan of Culture, with a plurianual duration, aiming at the cultural development of the Country and at the integration of the actions by the Public Power which lead to: I - defense and valorization of the Brazilian Cultural Heritage; II - production, promotion and difusion of culture; III - formation of qualified personnel for the management of Culture in their multiple dimensions; IV - democratization of access to culture; V - valorization of ethnical and regional diversity.
Paragraph 3 added by CA 48, August 10th 2005.
Article 216. The Brazilian cultural heritage consists of the assets of a material and immaterial nature, taken individually or as a whole, which bear reference to the identity, action and memory of the various groups that form the Brazilian society, therein included: I - forms of expression; II - ways of creating, making and living; III - scientific, artistic and technological creations; IV - works, objects, documents, buildings and other spaces intended for artistic and cultural expressions; V - urban complexes and sites of historical, natural, artistic, archaeological, paleontological, ecological and scientific value. Paragraph 1 - The Government shall, with the cooperation of the community, promote and protect the Brazilian cultural heritage, by means of inventories, registers, vigilance, monument protection decrees, expropriation and other forms of precaution and preservation. Paragraph 2 - It is incumbent upon the Government, in accordance with the law, to manage the keeping of the governmental documents and to make them available for consultation to whomever may need to do so. Paragraph 3 - The law shall establish incentives for the production and knowledge of cultural assets and values. Paragraph 4 - Damages and threats to the cultural heritage shall be punished in accordance with the law. Paragraph 5 - All documents and sites bearing historical reminiscence to the ancient communities of runaway slaves are protected as national heritage. Paragraph 6. The States and the Federal District may allocate up to five tenths percent of their net tax proceedings to a State fund for fomenting culture, it being prohibited the use of these funds to pay for: I - expenses with salaries and social duties; II - interests of debts; III - any other current expense not directly linked to the investments or activities supported.
Paragraph 6 added by CA 19, December 19th 2003.