CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
2. The regime governing officers and agents of the State shall be applicable to
officers and agents of local administration.
Article 280
Organisation
The law shall guarantee the forms of organisation that the local authorities may
adopt to further common interests.
Article 281
Term of Office
The law shall govern the resignation and loss of office of elected members of
local authority bodies.
TITLE XV
CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES
CHAPTER I
STATES OF SIEGE AND OF EMERGENCY
Article 282
States of Siege or of Emergency
1. A state of siege or of emergency may be declared, in the whole or in part of
the territory, only in cases of actual or imminent aggression, cases of disruption
of or serious threat to the constitutional order, or in the event of a public disaster.
2. The declaration of a state of siege or of emergency shall be reasoned and
shall specify which freedoms and guarantees have been suspended or restricted.
Article 283
Choice of Declaration
When the circumstances giving rise to the declaration are of a less serious
nature, a declaration of emergency shall be chosen, provided that the principle of
proportionality shall be respected in all cases, and the duration and extent of the
measures used shall be limited to what is strictly necessary for the prompt
restoration of constitutional normality.
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