Art. 214—When the martial law has expired, its effects shall also cease.
Sole Paragraph—As soon as the martial law shall end, the measures applied during the period of its effectiveness shall be reported by the President of the Republic in a message to the National Congress, with specification and justification of the measures adopted.
Art. 215—Failure to observe the provisions of Articles 206 to 215 shall make the restraint illegal, and shall allow the parties restrained to appeal to the Judicial Power.
Art. 216—The possession of lands by aborigines who may be permanently dwelling there, shall be respected, provided that they do not sell them.
Art. 217—The Constitution may be amended.
§ 1. An amendment shall be considered proposed, if presented by at least one-fourth of the members of the Chamber of Deputies or of the Federal Senate, or by more than one-half of the Legislative Assemblies of the States, in the course of two years, each of these manifesting itself by majority of its members.
§ 2. An amendment shall be considered accepted if it be approved in two discussions by an absolute majority of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Federal Senate, in two ordinary, consecutive legislative sessions.
§ 3. If the amendment shall obtain in one of the Chambers, in two discussions, the vote of two-thirds of its members, it shall immediately be submitted to the other; and if approved in this Chamber by the same process, and by equal majority, it shall be considered accepted.
§ 4. The amendment shall be promulgated by the Boards of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Federal Senate. After publication, over the signatures of the members of both Boards, it shall be appended, with its respective sequence number, to the text of the Constitution.
§ 5. The Constitution shall not be modified while martial law is in force.
§ 6. Bills tending to abolish the Federation and the Republic shall not be admitted to consideration.
Art. 218—This Constitution, and the act of the Constitutional transitory provisions, after they have been signed by the Deputies and Senators present, shall be promulgated simultaneously by the Administration of the Constituent Assembly, and shall become effective on the date of their publication.
In the Meeting Hall of the Constitutional Committee, September 9, 1946:
Rio de Janeiro, 18th September 1946, 125th year of the Independence and 58th of the Republic.—(signed)—Fernando de Mello Vianna, President; Georgino Avelino, 1st Secretary; Lauro Sodré Lopes, 2nd Secretary; Lauro Montenegro, 3rd Secretary; Ruy Almeida, 4th Secretary; Carlos Marighella; Hugo Ribeiro Carneiro; Hermelindo de Gusmão Castello Branco Filho; Alvaro Maia; Waldemar Pedrosa; Leopoldo Péres; Francisco Pereira da Silva; Cosme Ferreira Filho; J. Magalhães Barata; Alvaro Adolpho; Duarte de Oliveira; Lameira Bittencourt; Carlos Nogueira; Nelson Parijos; João Botelho; José da Rocha Ribas; Clodomir Cardoso; Crepory Franco; Victorino Freire; Odilon Soares; Luis Carvalho; José Neiva; Affonso Mattos; Mauro Renault Leite; Raimundo de Areia Leão; Sigefredo Pacheco; Moreira da Rocha; Antonio da Frota Gentil; Francisco de Almeida Monte; Oswaldo Studart Filho; Raul Barbosa; Deoclecio Dantas Duarte; José Varella; Walfredo Gurgel; Mota Neto; Janduhy Carneiro; Samuel Duarte; José Joffily; A. de Novais Filho; Etelvino Lins de Albuquerque; Agamemnon Magalhães; Jarbas Maranhão; Gercino Malagueta de Pontes; Oscar Carneiro; Oswaldo C. Lima; Costa Porto; Ulysses Lins de Albuquerque; João Ferreira Lima; Barbosa Lima Sobrinho; Paulo Pessôa Guerra; Teixeira de Vasconcellos; Ismar de Gois Monteiro; Silvestre Péricles; Luiz Medeiros Neto; José Maria de Mello; Antonio M. Maffra; Affonso de Carvalho; Francisco Leite Neto; Graccho Cardoso; Renato Aleixo; Lauro de Freitas; Aloysio de Castro; Regis Pacheco; Arthur Negreiros Falcão; Altamirando Requião; Eunapio de Queiroz; Vieira de Mello; Froes da Motta; Aristides Milton; Attilio Vivacqua; Henrique de Novaes; Ary Vianna; Carlos Lindenberg; Eurico Salles; Vieira de Rezende; Alvaro Castello; Asdrubal Soares; Jonas Correia; José Fontes Roméro; José Carlos Pereira Pinto; Alfred Neves; Ernani do Amaral Peixoto; Eduardo Duvivier; Carlos Pinto; Paulo Fernandes; Getulio Moura; Heitor Collet; Silvio Bastos Tavares; Accurcio Francisco Torres; Brigido Tinoco; Miguel Couto Filho; Levindo Eduardo Coelho; Benedicto Valladares; Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira; J. Rodrigues Seabra; Pedro Dutra; José Francisco Bias Fortes; Israel Pinheiro; Gustavo Capanema; Francisco Duque de Mesquita; Wellington Brandão; José Maria Alkmim, Augusto das Chagas Viegas; João Henrique; Joaquim Libanio Leite Ribeiro; Celso Porfirio de Araujo Machado; Olyntho Fonseca Filho; Francisco Rodrigues Pereira Junior; Lahyr Paletta de Rezende Tostes; Alfredo Sá; Christiano M. Machado; Luiz Milton Prates; Goffredo da Silva Telles Junior; Novelli Junior; Antonio Ezequiel Feliciano da Silva; José Cezar de Oliveira Costa; Benedicto Costa Netto; José Armando Affonseca; João Gomes Martins Filho; Sylvio Campos; Horacio Lafer; José João Abdalla; Joaquim A. Sampaio Vidal; José Carlos de Ataliba Nogueira; José Alves Palma; Honorio Fernandes Monteiro; J. Machado Coelho e Castro; Edgard Baptista Pereira; Pedro Ludovico Teixeira; Dario Delio Cardoso; Flavio Carvalho Guimarães; Diogenes Magalhães; João d'Abreu; Albatenio Caiado Godoi; Galeno Paranhos; Guilherme Xavier de Almeida; J. Ponce de Arruda; Gabriel Martiniano de Araujo; Argemino Fialho; Roberto Glasser; Fernando Flores; Munhoz de Mello; João Aguiar; Aramis Athayde; Gomy Junior; Nereu Ramos; Ivo d'Aquino; Aderbal Silva; Octacilio Costa; Orlando Brasil; Roberto Grossenbacher; Rogerío Vieira; Hans Jordan; Ernesto Dornelles; Gaston Englert; Adroaldo Costa; Brochado da Rocha; Eloy Rocha; Theodomiro Porto da Fonseca; Damaso Rocha; Antero Leivas; Manoel Duarte; Souza Costa; Bittencourt Azambuja; Nicolay Vergueiro; Glycerio Alves; Mercio Teixeira; Daniel Faraco; Pedro Vergara; Herophilo Azambuja; Bayard Lima; Manuel Severiano Nunes; Agostinho Monteiro; Epilogo de Campos; Alarico Nunes Pacheco; Antenor Bogéa; Mathias Olympio; José Candido; Antonio Maria de Rezende Corrêa; Adelmar Rocha, Coelho Rodrigues; Plinio Pompeu; Fernandes Tavora; Paulo Sarasate; Gentil Barreira; Beni Carvalho; Egberto Rodrigues; Fernandes Telles; José de Borba; Leão Sampaio; Alencar Araripe; Edgard de Arruda; J. Ferreira de Souza; José Augusto Bezerra de Medeiros; Aluisio Alves; Adalberto Ribeiro; Vergniaud Wanderley; Argemiro de Figueiredo; João Agripino Filho; João Ursulo; Ribeiro Coutinho Filho; Ernani Ayers Satyro e Souza; Plinio Lemos; Fernando Carneiro da Cunha Nobrega; Osmar de Araujo Aquino; Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti; Alde Feijo Sampaio; João Cleophas de Oliveira; Gilberto de Mello Freyre; Antonio de Freitas Cavalcanti; Mario Gomes de Barros; Rui Soares Palmeira; Walter Franco; Leandro Maciel; Heribaldo Vieira; Aloysio de Carvalho Filho; Juracy Magalhães; Octavio Mangabeira; Manoel Novães; João da Costa Pinto Dantas Junior; Clemente Mariani Bittencourt; Raphael Cincura de Andrade; João Mendes da Costa Filho; Luiz Viana; Alberico Fraga; Nestor Duarte; Aliomar de Andrade Baleeiro; Ruy Santos; Luiz Claudio; Hamilton de Lacerda Nogueira; Euclides Figueiredo; Jurandyr Pires; José Eduardo de Prado Kelly; Dr. Antonio José Romão Junior; José de Carvalho Leomil; José Monteiro Soares Filho; José Monteiro de Castro; José Bonifacio Lafayette de Andrada; José Maria Lopes Cançado; José de Magalhães Pinto; Gabriel de R. Passos; Milton Soares Campos; Lycurgo Leite Filho; Mario Masagão; Paulo Nogueira Filho; Romeu de Andrade Lourenção; Plinio Barreto; Luiz de Toledo Piza Sobrinho; Aureliano Leite; Jalles Machado de Sigueira; Vespasiano Martins; João Villasbôas; Dolor Ferreira de Andrade; Dr. Agricola Pães de Barros; Erasto Gaertner; Tavares d'Amaral; Conego Thomas Fontes; José Antonio Flores da Cunha; Osorio Tuyuty de Oliveira Freitas; Leopoldo Neves; Luiz Lago de Araujo; Benjamin Miguel Farah; M. do N. Vargas Netto; Fran-
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