CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
2. Legislative authority may not be used more than once, without prejudice to
cases where its implementation is broken down into parts or where it has been
extended.
3. Legislative authority shall expire at the end of the legislative term or on the
dissolution of the Assembly of the Republic.
4. The Government shall publish authorised legislative acts by the last day of the
time limit stipulated in the authorising legislation, which shall commence on the
date of its publication.
Article 181
Decree-Laws
1. A decree-law passed by the Council of Ministers under the authority of
authorising legislation shall be deemed ratified if its ratification is not demanded
by a minimum of fifteen deputies during the session of the Assembly of the
Republic held immediately after its publication.
2. The Assembly of the Republic may wholly or partially suspend the legal force
of a decree-law until it has been evaluated.
3. The suspension shall expire if by the end of the session the Assembly has not
pronounced on the matter.
4. Refusal to ratify shall result in revocation.
Article 182
Form of Acts
Legislative acts of the Assembly of the Republic shall take the form of laws, and
its other decisions shall take the form of resolutions, and they shall be published
in the Boletim da República.
Article 183
Legislative Initiative
1. Legislative initiative shall belong to:
a) the deputies;
b) the parliamentary benches;
c) the commissions of the Assembly of the Republic;
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