(Exclusive power to legislate)
The National Assembly shall have exclusive power to legislate on the following
matters:
a) The acquisition, loss and re-acquisition of nationality;
b) The fundamental rights, freedoms and guarantees of citizens;
c) Restrictions and limitations on the rights, freedoms and guarantees of
citizens;
d) The election and status of officeholders of bodies that exercise sovereign
power, local government officeholders and officeholders in any other
constitutional bodies, under the terms of the Constitution and the law;
e) The definition of crimes, penalties and security measures, as well as the basic
elements of criminal procedures;
f) The basic elements of the system for the organisation and functioning of local
government and the involvement of citizens and traditional authorities in its
work;
g) The referendum system;
h) The organisation of the courts and the status of judges and public prosecutors;
i) The general elements of the organisation of national defence;
j) The general elements of the organisation, functioning and regulation of the
Angolan Armed Forces, public security forces and the information services;
k) The rules governing states of war, siege or emergency;
l) Associations, foundations and political parties;
m) The rules governing national symbols;
n) The rules governing public holidays and national celebrations;
o) The status and legal capacity of persons;
p) The definition of the limits of territorial waters, the contiguous zone, the
exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf.
Article 165
(Relative legislative competence)
1. Unless authorisation is granted to the Executive to do so, the National
Assembly shall have relative competence for legislating on the following
matters:
a) The basic elements of the scope and rules governing the public
administration, including guarantees for users of the public
administration, the status of public administration staff and the civil
liability of the public administration;
b) The basic elements of the status of public companies, institutions and
associations;
c) The general system for rural and urban renting;
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