2. The appropriation and exercise of political power by violent means or by any
other means not stipulated in, or conforming to, the Constitution shall be
illegal and punishable as a crime.
Article 5
(Territorial organisation)
1. The territory of the Republic of Angola shall be as historically defined by the
geographical borders of Angola on 11 November 1975, the date of National
Independence.
2. The provision contained in the previous point shall not compromise any
additions that have been, or may come to be, established through
international treaties.
3. For political and administrative purposes the Republic of Angola shall be
organised territorially into provinces and, subsequently, municipalities. It
may additionally be structured into communes and equivalent territorial
divisions, under the terms of the Constitution and the law.
4. The definition of the limits and characteristics of territorial scales and their
creation, modification or abolition within the context of political and
administrative organisation, in addition to the organisation of territory for
special purposes such as economic, military, statistical, ecological or similar
purposes, shall be established by law.
5. The law shall establish the structure, designation and development of urban
units and agglomerations.
6. Angolan territory shall be indivisible, inviolable and inalienable, and any
action involving the breaking up or separation of its component parts shall be
energetically resisted. No part of national territory or the rights of sovereignty
which the state exerts over it may be transferred.
Article 6
(Supremacy of the Constitution and legality)
1. The Constitution shall be the supreme law of the Republic of Angola.
2. The state shall be subject to the Constitution and shall be based on the rule of
law, respecting the law and ensuring that the law is respected.
3. Laws, treaties and other acts of the state, local government bodies and public
bodies in general shall only be valid if they conform to the Constitution.
Article 7
(Custom)
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