3. Constitutional referendums shall not be permitted.
Article 169
(Approval)
1. Bills for Constitution revision laws and referendum proposals shall be
approved by a qualified majority of two thirds of the Members in full
exercise of their office.
2. Bills for organic laws shall be approved by an absolute majority of the
Members in full exercise of their office.
3. Bills for basic laws, laws and resolutions shall be approved by an absolute
majority vote of the Members present, provided that this amounts to more
than half of the Members in full exercise of their office.
Article 170
(Authorisation to legislate)
1. Laws granting authorisation to legislate must define the object, purpose,
extent and duration of the authorisation.
2. Laws granting authorisation to legislate may not be used more than once,
notwithstanding the fact that they may be used in stages.
3. Laws granting authorisation to legislate shall expire:
a) At the end of their term;
b) At the end of the legislature and term of office of the President of the
Republic;
4. Authorisations to legislate granted under the Budget Law shall comply with
the provisions of this Article and, when they address fiscal matters, shall only
expire at the end of the fiscal year to which they refer.
Article 171
(Parliamentary consideration of Executive legislation)
1. Authorised Presidential legislative decrees may be subject to consideration by
parliament, on the basis of a motion signed by at least ten Members in full
exercise of their office within thirty f«days of their publication in the Diário
da República (Official Gazette).
2. Authorised Presidential legislative decrees shall be subject to consideration
with a view to amending or ending their force.
3. Once a motion to consider an authorised Presidential legislative decree has
been presented and if one or more amendments are proposed, the National
Assembly may suspend the force of all or part of it until either the law that
amends it is published, or all the proposed amendments are rejected.
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