TITLE I. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES Article 1. (The Republic of Angola) Article 2. (Democratic state based on the rule of law) Article 3. (Sovereignty) Article 4. (Exercise of political power) Article 5. (Territorial organisation) Article 6. (Supremacy of the Constitution and legality) Article 7. (Custom) Article 8. (Unitary state) Article 9. (Nationality) Article 10. (Secular state) Article 11. (Peace and national security) Article 12. (International relations) Article 13. (International law) Article 14. (Private property and free initiative) Article 15. (Land) Article 16. (Natural resources) Article 17. (Political parties) Article 18. (National symbols) Article 19. (Languages) Article 20. (Capital of the Republic of Angola) Article 21. (Fundamental tasks of the state) TITLE II. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES CHAPTER I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Article 22. (Principle of universality) Article 23. (Principle of equality) Article 24. (Age of majority) Article 25. (Foreigners and stateless persons) Article 26. (Scope of fundamental rights) Article 27. (Rules governing rights, freedoms and guarantees) Article 28. (Legal force) Article 29. (Access to law and effective judicial protection) CHAPTER II. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND GUARANTEES SECTION I. INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS Article 30. (Right to life) Article 31. (Right to personal integrity) Article 32. (Right to identity and privacy) Article 33. (Inviolability of the home) Article 34. (Inviolability of correspondence and communications) Article 35. (Family, marriage and filiation) Article 36. (Right to physical freedom and personal security) Article 37. (Right to property, requisitions and expropriations) Article 38. (Right to free economic initiative) Article 39. (Environmental rights) Article 40. (Freedom of expression and information) Article 41. (Freedom of conscience, religion and worship) Article 42. (Intellectual property) Article 43. (Freedom of cultural and scientific creation) Article 44. (Freedom of the press) Article 45. (Right to broadcasting time, right of reply and of political response) Article 46. (Freedom of residence, movement and emigration) Article 47. (Freedom to meet and demonstrate) Article 48. (Freedom of association) Article 49. (Freedom of professional and business association) Article 50. (Trade union freedoms) Article 51. (Right to strike and prohibition of lock-outs) Article 52. (Participation in public life) Article 53. (Standing for public office) Article 54. (Right to vote) Article 55. (Freedom to form political associations and political parties) SECTION II. GUARANTEE OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS Article 56. (General guarantee of the state) Article 57. (Restriction of rights, freedoms and guarantees) Article 58. (Limitation or suspension of rights, freedoms and guarantees) Article 59. (Ban on the death penalty) Article 60. (Ban on torture and degrading treatment) Article 61. (Repugnant and violent crimes) Article 62. (Irreversibility of amnesty) Article 63. (Rights of those detained and imprisoned) Article 64. (Deprivation of freedom) Article 65. (Application of criminal law) Article 66. (Limits on sentences and security measures) Article 67. (Guarantees in criminal proceedings) Article 68. (Habeas corpus) Article 69. (Habeas data) Article 70. (Extradition and deportation) Article 71. (Right of asylum) Article 72. (Right to a fair and appropriate trial) Article 73. (Right to submit petitions, accusations, claims and complaints) Article 74. (Right to popular action) Article 75. (Liability of the state and other public corporate bodies) CHAPTER III. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES Article 76. (Right to work) Article 77. (Health and social protection) Article 78. (Consumer rights) Article 79. (Right to education, culture and sports) Article 80. (Childhood) Article 81. (Youth) Article 82. (The elderly) Article 83. (Disabled citizens) Article 84. (Ex-combatants and veterans of the nation) Article 85. (Right to housing and quality of life) Article 86. (Communities abroad) Article 87. (Historic, cultural and artistic heritage) Article 88. (Duty to contribute) TITLE III. ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND FISCAL ORGANISATION CHAPTER I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Article 89. (Fundamental Principles) Article 90. (Social justice) Article 91. (Planning) Article 92. (Economic sectors) Article 93. (Exclusive state responsibilities) Article 94. (Property of the state) Article 95. (Public domain) Article 96. (Private domain) Article 97. (Irreversibility of nationalisation and confiscation) Article 98. (Land rights) CHAPTER II. FINANCIAL AND FISCAL SYSTEM Article 99. (Financial system) Article 100. (National Bank of Angola) Article 101. (Fiscal system) Article 102. (Taxes) Article 103. (Special contributions) Article 104. (State Budget) TITLE IV. ORGANISATION OF STATE POWER CHAPTER I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Article 105. (Sovereign bodies) Article 106. (Appointment of the President of the Republic and Members of the National Assembly) Article 107. (Electoral administration) CHAPTER II. EXECUTIVE POWER SECTION I. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC Article 108. (Head of State and Executive Power) Article 109. (Election) Article 110. (Eligibility) Article 111. (Nominations) Article 112. (Date of election) SECTION II. TERM OF OFFICE, INAUGURATION AND SUBSTITUTION Article 113. (Term of office) Article 114. (Inauguration) Article 115. (Swearing in) Article 116. (Relinquishment of office) SECTION III. RESPONSIBILITIES Article 117. (Exclusive responsibility to the Constitution) Article 118. (Message to the nation) Article 119. (Responsibilities as Head of State) Article 120. (Responsibilities as Executive Power) Article 121. (Responsibilities regarding international relations) Article 122. (Responsibilities as Commander-in-Chief) Article 123. (Responsibilities regarding national security) Article 124. (Enactment of National Assembly laws) Article 125. (Form of acts) Article 126. (Provisional Presidential legislative decrees) SECTION IV. LIABILITY, RESIGNATION AND VACANT OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC Article 127. (Criminal liability) Article 128. (Political resignation of the President of the Republic) Article 129. (Removal from office of the President of the Republic) Article 130. (Vacant office) Article 131. (Vice-President) Article 132. (Substitution of the President of the Republic) Article 133. (Status of former Presidents of the Republic) SECTION V. AUXILIARY BODIES SERVING THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC Article 134. (Council of Ministers) Article 135. (Council of the Republic) Article 136. (National Security Council) SECTION VI. ACTS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND LIABILITY OF MINISTERS OF STATE, MINISTERS, SECRETARIES OF STATE AND VICE-MINISTERS Article 137. (Acts of Ministers of State and Ministers) Article 138. (Incompatibilities) Article 139. (Political responsibility) Article 140. (Criminal liability) CHAPTER III. LEGISLATIVE POWER SECTION I. DEFINITION, STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND ELECTION Article 141. (Definition) Article 142. (Composition) Article 143. (Electoral system) Article 144. (Constituencies) Article 145. (Ineligibility) Article 146. (Nominations) SECTION II. STATUS OF MEMBERS Article 147. (Nature of mandate) Article 148. (Start and end of term of office) Article 149. (Incompatibilities) Article 150. (Immunities) Article 151. (Suspension from office and temporary substitution) Article 152. (Relinquishment and loss of seat) Article 153. (Permanent replacement) Article 154. (Impediments) SECTION III. ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONING Article 155. (Internal organisation) Article 156. (Standing Committee) Article 157. (Legislative sessions) Article 158. (Quorum) Article 159. (Decisions) SECTION IV. COMPETENCE Article 160. (Organisational competence) Article 161. (Political and legislative competencies) Article 162. (Competence for control and scrutiny) Article 163. (Competence in relation to other bodies) Article 164. (Exclusive power to legislate) Article 165. (Relative legislative competence) SECTION V. THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Article 166. (Form of acts) Article 167. (Legislative initiative) Article 168. (National referendum initiative) Article 169. (Approval) Article 170. (Authorisation to legislate) Article 171. (Parliamentary consideration of Executive legislation) Article 172. (Parliamentary consideration of provisional Presidential legislative decrees) Article 173. (Emergency proceedings) CHAPTER IV. THE JUDICIARY SECTION I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Article 174. (Jurisdiction) Article 175. (Independence of the courts) Article 176. (System of jurisdiction) Article 177. (Court rulings) Article 178. (Administrative and financial autonomy of the courts) Article 179. (Judges) SECTION II. THE COURTS Article 180. (Constitutional Court) Article 181. (Supreme Court) Article 182. (Supreme Military Court) Article 183. (Court of Auditors) Article 184. (High Council of the Judicial Bench) SECTION III. PUBLIC PROSECUTORS’ OFFICE Article 185. (Institutional autonomy) Article 186. (Responsibilities) Article 187. (Status) Article 188. (Immunities) Article 189. (Attorney-General’s Office) Article 190. (Supreme Judicial Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office) Article 191. (Military Prosecutor’s Office) SECTION IV. ESSENTIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS Article 192. (Ombudsman) Article 193. (Legal practice) Article 194. (Guarantees for lawyers) Article 195. (Access to law and justice) Article 196. (Public defence) Article 197. (Justices of the peace) TITLE V. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Article 198. (Objectives and fundamental principles) Article 199. (Structure of the public administration) Article 200. (Rights and guarantees of individuals under public administration) Article 201. (Local administration) CHAPTER II. NATIONAL SECURITY Article 202. (Objectives and grounds for national security) Article 203. (Right to national security and legitimate defence) Article 204. (State of constitutional need) Article 205. (Restrictions on the exercise of rights) CHAPTER III. NATIONAL DEFENCE AND THE ARMED FORCES Article 206. (National defence) Article 207. (The Angolan Armed Forces) Article 208. (Defence of the nation and military service) CHAPTER IV. GUARANTEE OF ORDER AND THE NATIONAL POLICE FORCE Article 209. (Guarantee of order) Article 210. (National Police Force) CHAPTER V. PRESERVATION OF STATE SECURITY Article 211. (Preserving the security of the state) Article 212. (State intelligence and security bodies) TITLE VI. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAPTER I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Article 213. (Autonomous local government bodies) Article 214. (Principle of local autonomy) Article 215. (Scope of local autonomy) Article 216. (Local authority guarantees) CHAPTER II. LOCAL AUTHORITIES Article 217. (Local authorities) Article 218. (Categories of local authority) Article 219. (Responsibilities) Article 220. (Local authority bodies) Article 221. (Administrative supervision) Article 222. (Solidarity and cooperation) CHAPTER III. INSTITUTIONS OF THE TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES Article 223. (Recognition) Article 224. (Traditional authorities) Article 225. (Attributions, responsibilities and organisation) TITLE VII. GUARANTEES OF THE CONSTITUTION AND CONTROL OF CONSTITUTIONALITY CHAPTER I. REVIEW OF CONSTITUTIONALITY SECTION I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Article 226. (Constitutionality) Article 227. (Objective of review) SECTION II. ABSTRACT PRIOR REVIEW Article 228. (Prior review of constitutionality) Article 229. (Effect of prior review) SECTION III. EX-POST ABSTRACT CONTROL Article 230. (Legitimacy) Article 231. (Effects of abstract review) Article 232. (Unconstitutionality by omission) CHAPTER II. REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION Article 233. (Initiative for revision) Article 234. (Passage and enactment) Article 235. (Time limits) Article 236. (Material limits) Article 237. (Circumstantial limits) TITLE VIII. FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS Article 238. (Entry onto force) Article 239. (Force of previous laws) Article 240. (National Assembly) Article 241. (President of the Republic) Article 242. (Gradualism) Article 243. (Deferred appointment of members of the Bench) Article 244. (Amnesty)
The Constitution of the Republic of Angola shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Didrio da Republic (Official Gazette), without prejudice to the provisions contained in the Articles which follow.
The ordinary law that existed prior to the Constitution coming into force shall be maintained provided that it does not contradict the Constitution.
The terms of office for serving Members of the National Assembly on the date on which the Constitution of the Republic of Angola comes into force shall be maintained until the Members elected under the terms of this Constitution take up office.
The serving President of the Republic on the date on which the Constitution of the Republic of Angola comes into force shall remain in office until the President of the Republic elected under the terms of this Constitution is inaugurated.
From the time when this Constitution comes into force, the President of the Republic shall exercise executive power, namely the right to appoint his aides and carry out other duties on the basis of the rules and principles contained in this Constitution.
The organisation and functioning of the state administration and the indirect and autonomous state authorities must be adjusted to the provisions contained in this Constitution.
The effective institutionalisation of local authorities shall obey the principle of gradualism.
The appropriate state bodies shall determine by law opportunities for its creation, the gradual enlargement of responsibilities, the level of supervision and the transition between the local administration and the local authorities.
High Court judges must be appointed in such a way as to prevent their total simultaneous replacement.
There shall be an amnesty for military crimes, crimes against state security and other related crimes, together with crimes committed by military personnel and agents of the security and public order forces committed in any form within the context of the political and military conflict which ended in 2002.
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