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The Second Amendment Of Law No. 74/98, Of 11 November, On The Publication, The Identification And The Form Of Diplomas.

Original Language Title: Procede à segunda alteração da Lei n.º 74/98, de 11 de Novembro, sobre a publicação, a identificação e o formulário dos diplomas.

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PROPOSED LAW NO. 69 /X

Exhibition of reasons

The legislative amendment that the Government proposes to the Assembly of the Republic falls

within the framework of the Better Legislature Program, intended to implement a set of

initiatives on quality, efficiency and requirement of normative acts,

designed also to simplify and make more accessible and transparent to citizens the

legislative procedure and approval of regulations.

First and as a more significant measure, the proposed law aims to assign

full legal relevance to the electronic edition of the Journal of the Republic , determining itself,

so that all legal deadlines will be passed on from the provision of the

Journal of the Republic on the website managed by the National Press-House of the

Currency, S. A.

In this way, the only legally relevant version is the edition of the Journal of the Republic

published by electronic means. This measure falls within the intention of the Government of

proceed to the progressive limitation of the publication on paper only to strictly

necessary to ensure the public file and subscriptions of private individuals subscribed to

real cost.

In effect, the electronic edition of the Journal of the Republic constitutes the most stem-cell and

simple to make effective access to the law to all citizens, without restrictions

and without any costs, in the framework of the democratic rule of law. It matters, therefore,

ensure the certainty and legal certainty of electronic publishing of the Journal of the Republic

as a privileged means of the access of all citizens to the right.

On the other hand, it is also intended to rationalize the rules for publishing the acts of the

1 th series of the Journal of the Republic , proposing to merge the parts A and B of this series, without

to call into question the provisions of Article 119 of the Constitution.

Third, the proposed law introduces a set of enhancements in the

regime of rectifications and republics of diplomas, preventing, in the latter case,

that the Constitution, the political-administrative statutes of the autonomous regions, the laws

organic, the laws of bases, the framework laws and the law relating to publication, identification and

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form of the diplomas are always the subject of republication, regardless of the

nature or the extent of the changes.

Finally and being legally relevant to electronic publishing of the Journal of the Republic,

a present proposal of law also aims to standardize the time limit of vacatio legis for

the entire national territory and for the foreigner, eliminating, inter alia, the

existing gap between the applicable time in mainland Portugal and in the regions

autonomous of the Azores and Madeira, which is well understood by taking into account access

celere that the Internet provides to its users.

It was heard the National Press-House of Currency, S. A.

The hearing of the self-governing bodies of the autonomous regions was promoted.

Thus:

Under the terms of the paragraph d) of paragraph 1 of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government

presents to the Assembly of the Republic the following proposed law:

Article 1.

Amendment to Law No. 74/98 of November 11

Articles 1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 13, 13, and 14 of Law No. 74/98 of November 11,

amended by Law No. 2/2005 of January 24, they are replaced by the following:

" Article 1.

Publication and registration of distribution

1-A The legal effectiveness of the acts referred to in this Law depends on the

your publication in the Journal of the Republic .

2-A the date of the diploma is that of its publication, understanding itself as such the date

of the day on which the Journal of the Republic becomes available on the site of the

Internet managed by the National Press-House of Currency, S. A.

3-A electronic edition of the Journal of the Republic includes a record of the dates

of its effective provision on the site of the Internet referred to in number

previous.

4-The registration makes evidence for all legal effects and covers editions of the

Journal of the Republic since April 25, 1974.

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5-A electronic edition of the Journal of the Republic makes full faith and publication

of the acts through it carried out is worth for all legal effects,

it should be used mechanism that signals, where appropriate, the

respective date and time of placement in public reading.

6-Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the printed copies

from the Journal of the Republic , may be the subject of authentication of your

compliance with the official electronic edition, in the legal terms

applicable.

Article 2.

Effective

1-[...].

2-In the lack of fixation of the day, the diplomas referred to in the preceding paragraph

come into force , in the entire national territory and abroad, in the 5.

day after publication.

3-[ Revoked ].

4-The time limit referred to in paragraph 2, is from the immediate day to that of its

provision on the website managed by the National Press-

House of the Currency, S. A.

Article 3.

Publication in the Journal of the Republic

1-The Journal of the Republic comprises 1 th and 2 . Th series.

2-Are the subject of publication in the 1 th series of the Journal of the Republic :

a) [...];

b) The international conventions, the respective decrees

presidential, the notices of deposit of binding instrument,

specifically those of ratification, and too much warnings to them

relating;

c) [...];

d) [...];

e) [...];

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f) [...];

g) [...];

h) [...];

i) [...];

j) [...];

l) [...];

m) [...];

n) [...];

o) [ Previous Article (a) of paragraph 3 ];

p) [ Previous Article (b) of paragraph 3 ];

q) [ Previous Article (c) of paragraph 3 ];

r) The decisions of other courts not mentioned in the

previous to which the law confers general mandatory force;

s) [ Previous Article (h) of paragraph 3 ].

3-Without prejudice to the other acts subject to the duty of official publication in the

2. th grade, are in it published:

a) [ Previous Article (d) of paragraph 3 ];

b) [ Previous Article (f) of paragraph 3 ];

c) The budgets of the services of the State whose publication in the Journal of the

Republic is required by law and statements on transfers

of appropriations.

Article 5.

[...]

1-rectifications are admissible exclusively for correction of

grammatical, orthographic, computation or analogous lapses analogous or

for correction of material errors arising from divergences between the

original text and the printed text of any diploma published in the 1 th

series of the Journal of the Republic and are made upon declaration by the organ

which approved the original text, published in the same series and part.

2-[...].

3-[...].

4-[...].

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Article 6.

[...]

1-[...].

2-Whenever changes are made, regardless of your

nature or extent, to the Constitution, to the political statutes-

administrative of the autonomous regions, to organic laws, to the laws of bases,

the framework laws and the law relating to the publication, identification and form of the

diplomas, must proceed to the full republication of the correspondents

legislative diplomas, in annex to the said amendments.

3-It must still proceed to the full republication of the diploma, in annex,

whenever:

a) If it adds up to changes that substantially affect the precept

of a legislative act in force, attentive to its originary version or the

last version republican;

b) If they record changes that substantially modify the

legislative thinking of the laws in force.

Article 8.

Numbering and presentation

1-[...].

2-[...].

3-The acts referred to in paragraph 1 are edited in the 1 th series of the Journal of the

Republic second the ordinance of the respective issuers.

4-For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, the constitutional sequence of

organs and, in the case of the acts of the Government, the ordinance resulting from the

respective organic law.

Article 13.

[...]

1-The Government's proposed law proposals must contain an exhibition of

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reasons and comply with the following form:

" Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the

Government presents to the Assembly of the Republic the following proposal of

law (with request for priority and urgency, if it is the case):

(Follows the text.) "

2-[...].

Article 14.

[...]

1-[...]:

a) Regulatory decrees:

" Under the terms of the paragraph c) of Article 199 of the Constitution and ... (follow-

if the identification of the legislative act to be regulated), the Government

decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

" Under the terms of the paragraph g) of Article 199 of the Constitution, the Government

decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

b) [...];

c) Decrees:

" In the terms of the ... (it follows the identification of the act and the respective

standard that sets out the requirement for decree) and of the c) of the article

199. of the Constitution, the Government decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

" In the terms of the ... (it follows the identification of the act and the respective standard

laying down the requirement for decree) and of the ( g) of Article 199 of the

Constitution, the Government decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

" Under the terms of the paragraph g) of Article 199 of the Constitution, the Government

decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

d) Resolutions of the Council of Ministers:

" Under the terms of Article 199 (...) of the Constitution, the Council of

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Ministers resolve:

(Follows the text.) "

" In the terms of the ... (it follows the identification of the act and the respective standard

laying down the requirement for resolution) and of Article 199 (...) of the

Constitution, the Council of Ministers resolves:

(Follows the text.) "

e) [...].

2-[...].

3-[...].

4-[...].

5-[...].

6-[...]. "

Article 2.

Republication

It is republished in the Annex, which is an integral part of this Act, Law No. 74/98, 11

of November, with the current wording.

Article 3.

Final provisions

1-Are repealed Article 2 (3) and Article 17 of Law No 74/98 of 11 of

November, amended by Law No. 2/2005, of January 24.

2-The provisions of Article 3 of Law No 74/98 of November 11, in the wording

introduced by this Law, it prevails over any previous provisions

concerning the determination of the series of the Journal of the Republic where it should occur to

publication of acts.

Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of May 5, 2006

The Prime Minister

The Minister of the Presidency

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

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ANNEX

Republication of Law No. 74/98 of November 11

Article 1.

Publication and registration of distribution

1-A The legal effectiveness of the acts referred to in this Law depends on their publication

in the Journal of the Republic .

2-A the date of the diploma is that of its publication, understanding itself as such the date of the day in

that the Journal of the Republic becomes available on the site of the Internet managed by the

National Press-House of Currency, S. A.

3-A electronic edition of the Journal of the Republic includes a record of the dates of your

effective provision on the site of Internet referred to in the previous number.

4-The registration makes evidence for all legal effects and covers editions of the Journal of the

Republic since April 25, 1974.

5-A electronic edition of the Journal of the Republic makes full faith and the publication of the acts

through it realized is worth for all legal effects, owing to use

mechanism that signals, when appropriate, the respective date and time of placement

in public reading.

6-Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the printed copies of the Journal of the

Republic , they may be the subject of authentication of their conformity with the edition

electronic officer, in the applicable legal terms.

Article 2.

Effective

1-Legislative acts and other acts of generic content come into force on the day

in them fixed, in no case may the beginning of the term check in the

own day of publication.

2-In the lack of fixation of the day, the diplomas referred to in the preceding paragraph enter into

vigour , on the whole national territory and abroad, on the 5 th day after publication.

3-[ Revoked ].

4-The time limit referred to in paragraph 2 shall be the case from the immediate day on which it is made available

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on the site of Internet managed by the National Press-House of Currency, S. A.

Article 3.

Publication in the Journal of the Republic

1-The Journal of the Republic comprises 1 th and 2 . Th series.

2-Are the subject of publication in the 1 th series of the Journal of the Republic :

a) The constitutional laws;

b) The international conventions, the respective presidential decrees, the notices

of deposit of instrument of binding, specifically those of ratification, and

too many notices to them relating;

c) The organic laws, laws, decrees-laws and regional legislative decrees;

d) The decrees of the President of the Republic;

e) The resolutions of the Assembly of the Republic;

f) The decrees of the Representatives of the Republic of the Republic of appointment and exoneration of the

Chairpersons and members of the Regional Governments of the Azores and Madeira;

g) The Regiments of the Assembly of the Republic, the Council of State and the

Legislative Assemblies of the Autonomous Regions;

h) The decisions and statements of the Constitutional Court that the law sends

publish in the 1 th series of the Journal of the Republic ;

i) The jurisprudence decisions of the Supreme Court of

Justice and the Court of Auditors and the decisions of the Supreme Court

Administrative to which the law confers general mandatory force;

j) The results of the referendums and the elections for the President of the Republic, the

Assembly of the Republic, the Legislative Assemblies of the Autonomous Regions

and the European Parliament, pursuant to the respective applicable legislation;

l) The message of resignation of the President of the Republic;

m) The motions of rejection of the Government Programme, of trust and of censorship;

n) The opinions of the Council of State provided for in points a) a e) of Article 145 para.

of the Constitution and those that the delibere Council itself to publish;

o) The remaining decrees of the Government;

p) The resolutions of the Council of Ministers and the portaries containing

genderic provisions;

q) The resolutions of the Legislative Assemblies of the Autonomous Regions and the

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regional regulatory decrees;

r) The decisions of other courts not mentioned in the previous paragraphs to which

the law confers general mandatory force;

s) The statements regarding the resignation or loss of mandate of Members to the

Assembly of the Republic and the Legislative Assemblies of the Regions

Autonomous.

3-Without prejudice to the remaining acts subject to duty of official publication in the 2 th grade, they are

in it published:

a) The normative dispatches of the members of the Government;

b) The results of the elections for the organs of local authorities;

c) The budgets of the services of the State whose publication in the Journal of the Republic

is required by law and statements on transfers of appropriations.

Article 4.

Sending of the texts for publication

The text of the diplomas is sent for publication in the Journal of the Republic , after

met the constitutional or legal requirements, through the services

competent of the organs donde provenha.

Article 5.

Rectifications

1-rectifications are admissible exclusively for correction of lapses

grammaticals, orthographic, computation or analogous nature or for correction of

material errors arising from divergences between the original text and the printed text

of any diploma published in the 1 th grade of the Journal of the Republic and are made

upon statement by the body which approved the original text, published in the same

series and part.

2-rectification statements should be published up to 60 days after publication

of the text rectifying.

3-A failure to meet the deadline specified in the preceding paragraph determines the nullity of the

act of rectification.

4-The rectification statements report the effects on the date of the entry into force of the

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rectified text.

Article 6.

Changes and republication

1-diplomas that change others must state the order number of the amendment

introduced and, should there have been any previous changes, identify those diplomas

that they have proceeded with these amendments, even though they focus on other standards.

2-Whenever changes are made, regardless of their nature or

extension, to the Constitution, to the politico-administrative statutes of the regions

autonomous, organic laws, the laws of bases, framework laws and the law on the

publication, identification and form of diplomas, must proceed to the

full republication of the corresponding pieces of legislation, in annex to the

referred to changes.

3-It must still proceed to the full republication of the diploma, in annex, where:

a) If it adds up to changes that substantially affect the precept of an act

legislative in force, attentive to its originary version or the last version

republished;

b) If you register changes that substantially modify the thinking

legislative of the laws in force.

Article 7.

Identification

1-All acts are identified by a number and by the date of the respective publication

in the Journal of the Republic .

2-Normative acts shall have a title that synthetically translates its object.

3-The diplomas of each of the Autonomous Regions have numeration of their own and are

still identified by the letters A (Azores) and M (Madeira), to be added to the indication

of the year.

4-diplomas that have the same generic designation should be identified by the

indication of the issuing entity.

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Article 8.

Numbering

1-There is distinct numbering for each of the following categories of acts:

a) Constitutional laws;

b) Organic laws;

c) Laws;

d) Decrees-leisure;

e) Regional legislative decrees;

f) Decrees of the President of the Republic;

g) Resolutions of the Assembly of the Republic;

h) Resolutions of the Council of Ministers;

i) Resolutions of the Legislative Assemblies of the Autonomous Regions;

j) Decisions of courts;

l) Decrees;

m) Regulatory decrees;

n) Regional regulatory decrees;

o) Decrees of the Representatives of the Republic for Autonomous Regions;

p) Portaries;

q) Normative dispatches;

r) Opinions;

s) Notices;

t) Statements.

2-Courts decisions have distinct numbering for each of them.

3-The acts referred to in paragraph 1 are edited in the 1 th series of the Journal of the Republic second

the ordinance of the respective issuers.

4-For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, the constitutional sequence of organs is followed and, in the

case of the acts of the Government, the ordinance resulting from the respective organic law. "

Article 9.

General provisions on form of diplomas

1-At the beginning of each diploma indicate the organ donde emana and the disposition of the

Constitution or the law under which it has been approved and is published.

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2-When in the procedure they have participated, in an advisory or deliberative title,

by virtue of the Constitution or the law, another or other organs beyond the organ of

final approval, or has passed a consultation with the citizen voters, does

express reference to such a fact.

3-The constitutional laws and the organic laws expressly state their nature, in the

formula of the corresponding diploma.

4-Dealing with diploma in transposition of Community Directive, must be indicated

expressly the directive to transpose.

5-Regulations must expressly state the laws they aim to regulate or

that define the subjective and objective competence for its issuance.

6-After the text of each diploma, they should appear on the date of their approval and of others

supplementary, constitutional or legally required acts, as well as the

signature of the competent entities, pursuant to the Constitution or the law.

7-Where the present diploma refers to competent ministers, it shall be understood

that are covered those whose departments have, on the grounds of matter,

interference in the execution of the act.

Article 10.

Decrees of the President of the Republic

1-The decrees of the President of the Republic shall comply with the following form:

" The President of the Republic decrees, in the terms of the article ... of the Constitution, the

next:

(Follows the text.) "

2-Dealing with ratification decrees of international treaties, the text is composed

in the following way:

" It is ratified the ... (it follows the identification of the treaty, with indication of the matter to

Respect, from the place and date of the signing and the number and date of the resolution of the

Assembly of the Republic that approved it for ratification). "

3-Dealing with decrees of appointment and exoneration of the members of the Government, shall

be made express mention of the Prime Minister's proposal.

4-After the text of decree, they follow, successively, the signature of the President of the

Republic, with the mention of the respective date and of the place where it was made, if it did not

been in Lisbon, as well as, if it is covered by Art. 140 (1) of the

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Constitution, the date of the referenda and the signing of the Prime Minister.

Article 11.

Diplomas of the Assembly of the Republic

1-The laws of the Assembly of the Republic comply with the following form:

" The Assembly of the Republic decrees, pursuant to Article 161 (...) of the

Constitution, the following:

(Follows the text.) "

2-Addressing constitutional or organic law, shall expressly mention the

corresponding term, in the final part of the formula.

3-After the text, follow up, successively, the date of the approval, the signature of the

President of the Assembly of the Republic, the date of the promulgation, the order of

publication and the signing of the President of the Republic, the date of the referenda and the

signature of the Prime Minister.

4-The resolutions of the Assembly of the Republic comply with the following form:

" The Assembly of the Republic resolves, under the terms of Article 161 (161) and the

n Article 166 (5) of the Constitution, the following:

(Follows the text.) "

5-Dealing with resolutions of approval of treaties or international agreements, the

text is composed as follows:

" Approve (for ratification, in the case of treaties) o ... (the following is the identification of the

treaty or international agreement in a simplified form, with an indication of the

matter to which it respects, from the place and date of the signature, the content of the respective

instrument published in annex). "

6-After the text of the resolutions, they follow, successively, the date of the approval and the

signature of the President of the Assembly of the Republic.

7-Addressing a resolution of approval of an international agreement in form

simplified, to the signature of the President of the Assembly of the Republic follow

order of publication, the signature of the President of the Republic, with the mention of the

respective date, the date of the referenda and the signing of the Prime Minister.

Article 12.

Legislative diplomas of the Government

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1-The decrees-laws comply with the following form:

a) Decrees-laws set out in paragraph a) of Article 198 (1) of the Constitution:

" Under the terms of the paragraph a) of Article 198 (1) of the Constitution, the Government

decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

b) Decrees-laws set out in paragraph b) of Article 198 (1) of the Constitution:

" In the use of the legislative authorization granted by the article ... of the Law No. .../..., of ...

of ..., and under the terms of the ( b) of Article 198 (1) of the Constitution, the

Government decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

c) Decrees-laws set out in paragraph c) of Article 198 (1) of the Constitution:

" In the development of the legal regime established by the Law (or Decree-

Law) n. .../..., de ... de ..., and in the terms of the paragraph c) of Article 198 (1) of the

Constitution, the Government decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

d) Decrees-laws set out in Article 198 (2) of the Constitution:

" In accordance with the provisions of Article 198 (2) of the Constitution, the Government

decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

2-After the text, they follow, successively, the date of approval in Council of

Ministers, the signing of the Prime Minister and the relevant ministers, the date of the

promulgation, the order of publication and the signature of the President of the Republic, the

date of the referenda and the signature of the Prime Minister.

Article 13.

Proposals for law

1-The Government's proposed law proposals must contain an explanatory statement and

comply with the following form:

" Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government

presents to the Assembly of the Republic the following proposal for a law (with request to

priority and urgency, if it is the case):

(Follows the text.) "

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2-After the text, they follow, successively, the date of the approval in Council of

Ministers and the signing of the Prime Minister and the relevant ministers.

Article 14.

Other diplomas from the Government

1-The other diplomas of the Government comply with the following form:

a) Regulatory decrees:

Under the terms of the paragraph c) of Article 199 of the Constitution and ... (follows the

identification of the legislative act to be regulated), the Government decrees the

next:

(Follows the text.) "

" Under the terms of the paragraph g) of Article 199 of the Constitution, the Government

decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

b) Decrees set out in paragraph c) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution:

" Under the terms of the paragraph c) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government

approves the ... (it follows the identification of the international agreement in form

simplified, with indication of the matter to which it respects, the place and the date of the

signature, being the content of the respective instrument published in annex). "

c) Decrees:

" In the terms of the ... (it follows the identification of the act and the respective

standard that sets out the requirement for decree) and of the c) of the article

199. of the Constitution, the Government decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

" In the terms of the ... (it follows the identification of the act and the respective standard that

sets out the requirement for decree) and of the point g) of Article 199 of the

Constitution, the Government decrees the following:

(Follows the text.) "

" Under the terms of the paragraph g) of Article 199 of the Constitution, the Government decrees the

next:

(Follows the text.) "

d) Resolutions of the Council of Ministers:

" Under the terms of Article 199 (...) of the Constitution, the Council of

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Ministers resolve:

(Follows the text.) "

" In the terms of the ... (it follows the identification of the act and the respective standard that

sets out the requirement for resolution) and of Article 199 (...) of the

Constitution, the Council of Ministers resolves:

(Follows the text.) "

e) Portaries:

" Sends the Government, by the ... (indicate the competent member or members), the

next:

(Follows the text.) "

2-After the text of the decrees mentioned in the a) from the previous number, follow,

successively, the date of the approval in Council of Ministers, the signing of the

Prime Minister and the relevant ministers, the date of the promulgation, the order of

publication and the signing of the President of the Republic, the date of the referenda and the

signature of the Prime Minister.

3-After the text of the decrees mentioned in the paragraphs b) and c) of paragraph 1, follow,

successively, the date of the approval in Council of Ministers, the signing of the

Prime Minister and the relevant ministers, the signing of the President of the

Republic, with the mention of the respective date, the date of the referenda and the signing of the

Prime Minister.

4-After the text of the resolutions mentioned in the paragraph d) of paragraph 1, follow,

successively, the date of the approval in Council of Ministers and the signing of the

Prime Minister.

5-After the text of the diplomas mentioned in the e) of paragraph 1, follows the signature

of the member or members of the Government who issue them, with the indication of the respective

date.

6-Being several of the members of the Government to sign the diplomas alluded to in the number

previous, the date that releva is that of the last signature.

Article 15.

Decrees of appointment and exoneration of the members of the Regional Governments

1-The decrees of appointment and exoneration of the Presidents of Regional Governments

comply with the following form:

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" Under Article 231 (3) of the Constitution, I shall appoint (or exonero):

(Follows the text.)

Signed in ...

Publiate.

The Representative of the Republic for the Autonomous Region ..., (signature). "

2-The decrees of appointment and exoneration of the members of the Regional Governments

comply with the following form:

" Under Article 231 (4) of the Constitution, I shall appoint (or exonero), under

proposal of the President of the Regional Government:

(Follows the text.)

Signed in ...

Publiate.

The Representative of the Republic for the Autonomous Region ..., (signature). "

Article 16.

Diplomas from the self-governing bodies of the Autonomous Regions

1-At the beginning of each diploma of the Legislative Assemblies of the Autonomous Regions or

of the Regional Governments indicates, in addition to the organ donde emana and the provision

constitutional under which it is approved, the corresponding precept of the respective

political-administrative status and, where appropriate, the legislative act to

regulatory.

2-Regional legislative decrees approved under an authorisation

legislative, or that they develop into the regional framework principles or general bases of

legal regimes contained in laws that they circumscribe, must invoke

expressly the respective laws of authorization or the laws whose principles or bases

develop.

3-In regional legislative decrees and in the regional regulatory decrees of the

competence of the Legislative Assemblies of the Autonomous Regions, after the text

follow, successively, the date of the approval, the signature of its President, the

date of signature by the Representative of the Republic, the order of publication and the

signature of this.

4-In the regional regulatory decrees of the competence of the Regional Governments,

after the text follows, successively, the mention of the approval by the Government

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Regional and of the respective date, the signature of its President, the date of the signing

by the Representative of the Republic, the order of publication and the signing of this.

Article 17.

[ Revoked ]

Article 18.

Abrogation standard

The following diplomas are revoked:

a) Law No. 6/83 of July 29;

b) Decree-Law No 337/87 of October 21;

c) Decree-Law No 113/88 of April 8;

d) Decree-Law No. 1/91 of January 2.