CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
Article 208
Political Accountability of Members of Government
The members of the Council of Ministers shall be accountable to the President of
the Republic and to the Prime Minister for the enforcement of the decisions of the
Council of Ministers within their areas of jurisdiction.
Article 209
Collective Responsibility
The members of the Government shall be bound by the Government Programme
and by the decisions of the Council of Ministers.
Article 210
Form of Acts
1. Normative acts of the Council of Ministers shall take the form of decree-laws
and decrees.
2. The decree-laws and decrees referred to in the preceding paragraph shall
indicate the law under the authority of which they were passed.
3. The President of the Republic shall sign and order the publication of decreelaws, and the Prime Minister shall sign and order the publication of other decrees
of the Government.
4. All other Government acts shall take the form of resolutions.
Article 211
Immunities
1. No member of Government may be arrested or detained without the
permission of the President of the Republic, unless apprehended in the act of
committing a felonious crime that carries a sentence of long-term imprisonment.
2. In the event that criminal proceedings are brought against a member of
Government, and the member has been definitively charged, the President of the
Republic shall decide whether or not the member should be suspended for the
purposes of the proceedings, and a decision to suspend shall be mandatory
when the crime in question is of the type referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Translation by MOZLEGAL – Mozambique's Legal Resource Portal www.mozlegal.com
[email protected] Tel: +258 1 496900 – Fax: +258 1 496802
Directors: José Caldeira - [email protected] & Adrian Frey - [email protected]
MOZLEGAL is a Project of José Caldeira & Associados - Attorneys & Consultants
69