CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE Article 140 Heads and Agents of Public Offices 1. Central offices shall take action directly, or through appointed heads or agents of the administration, who shall supervise central activities within a particular territorial area. 2. The law shall determine the form, organisation and powers for the exercise of Public Administration. Article 141 Provincial Government 1. The representative of the Government at provincial level is the Provincial Governor. 2. The Provincial Government is the body charged with ensuring the implementation, at provincial level, of centrally defined Government policies, and it shall exercise administrative supervision over local authorities, in accordance with the law. 3. Members of the Provincial Government shall be appointed by the Ministers responsible for the particular portfolios, in consultation with the Provincial Governor. 4. The organisation, composition, functioning and powers of Provincial Government shall be defined by law. Article 142 Provincial Assemblies 1. Provincial assemblies shall be democratically representative bodies elected by universal, direct suffrage and by secret ballot, in accordance the principle of proportional representation, and their terms of office shall be five years. 2. Provincial assemblies shall, in particular, have the power to: a) supervise and monitor adherence to principles and norms established in the Constitution and in the laws, as well as the observance of decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the particular province; b) approve the Provincial Government programme and supervise and monitor compliance with it. Translation by MOZLEGAL – Mozambique's Legal Resource Portal www.mozlegal.com [email protected] Tel: +258 1 496900 – Fax: +258 1 496802 Directors: José Caldeira - [email protected] & Adrian Frey - [email protected] MOZLEGAL is a Project of José Caldeira & Associados - Attorneys & Consultants 43