CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
3. The composition, organisation, operation and other powers shall be defined by
law.
Article 143
Normative Acts
1. Legislative acts shall consist of laws and decree-laws.
2. Acts of the Assembly of the Republic shall take the form of laws, motions and
resolutions.
3. Decree-laws are legislative acts passed by the Council of Ministers pursuant to
authorisation from the Assembly of the Republic.
4. Regulatory acts of the Government shall take the form of Decrees, whether
they are made under the authority of a regulatory law or are made as
autonomous regulations.
5. Acts of the Governor of the Bank of Mozambique, in the exercise of his
powers, shall take the form of notices.
Article 144
Publicity
1. The following shall be published in the Boletim da República (Government
Gazette), under pain of having no legal effect:
a) laws, motions and resolutions of the Assembly of the Republic;
b) decrees of the President of the Republic;
c) decree-laws, decrees, resolutions and other legal instruments issued by
the Government;
d) decisions of the Supreme Court and judgements of the Constitutional
Council, as well as the decisions of other courts to which the law attributes
general binding force;
e) judgements on the results of elections and national referenda;
f) resolutions ratifying international treaties and agreements;
g) notices issued by the Governor of the Bank of Mozambique.
2. The law shall define the publicity requirements applicable to other public legal
instruments.
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