CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
l) decide on the major options of the Economic and Social Plan and the
State Budget and the respective reports on their implementation;
m) approve the State Budget;
n) define defence and security policy, after consulting the National Defence
and Security Council;
o) define the bases for tax policy and the tax system;
p) authorise the Government, while defining the general conditions, to
contract and make loans and to carry out other credit transactions, for
periods exceeding one financial year, and to establish the upper limit for
guarantees that may be given by the State;
q) define the statute for holders of sovereign public offices, holders of
provincial offices and holders of offices in local authorities;
r) decide on the general bases for the organisation and functioning of Public
Administration;
s) ratify decree-laws;
t) ratify and terminate international treaties;
u) ratify treaties on Mozambique’s participation in international defence
organisations;
v) grant amnesties and pardons.
3. With the exception of those powers stated in paragraph 2 of this article, the
Assembly of the Republic may authorise the Government to legislate on other
matters in the form of decree-laws.
4. The Assembly of the Republic shall also have power to:
a) elect the President, the Vice Presidents and the Standing Commission;
b) approve the Bylaws of the Assembly of the Republic and the Statute of
Deputies;
c) set up Commissions of the Assembly of the Republic and regulate their
operation;
d) create national parliamentary groups.
Article 180
Laws Delegating Legislative Authority
1. Laws delegating legislative authority shall define the purpose, intention, extent
and duration of the authority.
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