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===Brazil=== The [[Constitution of Brazil]] states various terms on how it can be amended. Article 60 lies within "Section VIII: The Legislative Process, Subsection 2: Amendments to the Constitution". The following is detailed therein: {{blockquote|Constitutional amendments may be proposed by: : I. at least one-third of the members of the Chamber of Deputies or the Federal Senate; : II. the President of the Republic; : III. more than one-half of the Legislative Assemblies of units of the Federation, each manifesting its decision by a simple majority of its members. §1°. The Constitution cannot be amended during a federal intervention, state of defence or stage of siege.<br> §2°. A proposed amendment shall be debated and voted on in each Chamber of the National Congress, in two rounds, and shall be considered approved if it obtains three-fifths of the votes of the respective members in both rounds.<br> §3°. A Constitutional amendment shall be promulgated by the Executive Committees of the Chamber of Deputies and Federal Senate, taking the next sequential number.<br> §4°. No proposed constitutional amendment shall be considered that is aimed at abolishing the following: : I. the federalist form of the National Government; : II. direct, secret, universal and periodic suffrage; : III. separation of powers; : IV. individual rights and guarantees. §5°. The subject of a defeated or prejudiced proposed Constitutional amendment may not be made the subject of another proposed amendment in the same legislative session.}} Article 60 is the only article prescribed under Subsection 2 of Section 8 in the Brazilian constitution.
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