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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.