Constitution of the United States of Brazil (1946)/Title 3

by the Constituent Assembly of Brazil

Article 125

The law shall organize the Public Ministry of the Union in conjunction with the ordinary, military, electoral and labor courts.

Article 126

The Federal Public Ministry has as its head the Attorney General of the Republic. The Attorney General appointed by the President of the Republic, after approval of the selection by the Federal Senate from among citizens with the requisites indicated in Article 99, is dismissible at will. Sole Paragraph ― The Union shall be represented in court by the attorneys of the Republic, but the law may entrust this representation, in the districts of the interior, to the local public ministry.

Article 127

The members of the Public Ministry of the Union, of the Federal District and of the Territories, shall enter into the initial positions of the career by competition. After two years of service, they may not be dismissed except by judicial sentence or administrative process allowing them the most ample defense; nor shall they be rewarded, except upon representation put forward by the head of the Public Ministry, based upon the convenience of the service

Article 128

In the States, the Public Ministry shall also be established on a career basis, with observance of the precepts of the preceding article, as well as that of promotion from one classification to another.