section III

SECTION III

"CONTROVERSIES"

"INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES"

" SPECIAL FUNCTIONS AND POWERS"

"INTEGRATIVE AND EXPLANATORY NORMS"

Article 1

All the Legal Entities (Tribunals, Courts etc.) provided in Section I and II are intended exclusively for internal controversies, not in contrast to laws of various States, in Civil, Penal, Administrative and Constitutional etc. matters, and not to substitute the ones operative in them. In case of conflict of interpretation of the laws of the Royal House and those of the States, competent arbiter to resolve all eventual controversy are the "International Court for Justice" or "Tribunals for Human Rights".

Article 2

The Head of the Royal House, may nominate, by a special Decree of "own motion", as Senators for life, those Heads of States who have yielded deserving for their political activities in defence of liberty, justice and peace.

INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES

LEGAL RESOLUTIONS FOR PROTECTION OF SECURITY AND PEACE IN ALL NATIONS

Article 1

A. The Supreme Court for Security can be convened by the Head of the House in case of heavy-armed conflicts and urgency, or in real cases of wars between the Member Nations.

B. In the case of diplomatic contrasts and wars that can damage and ruin the world population, the Supreme Council for Security may protest the intervention of Governments of the Member States to shelter and safeguard the security and peace in the world.

C. To judge the war criminals, the massacres, political, racial and religious persecutions, within the Royal House of Portugal, a "Supreme International Court for Justice and protection of Human Rights", a legal organism that operates in the world under the norms of International Law, is constituted.

Article 4

Incorporations within the Royal House of Portugal, of national, regional, provincial and communal organisms belonging to the Member Nations are provided. Said corporations are decreed by the Head of the House, having listened to the opinion of the responsible department for foreign affairs.

SPECIAL FUNCTIONS AND POWERS

Article 5

The Royal House of Portugal, among other Constitutional matters provided, can issue stamps, as well as coins of commemorative title, or in legal course in any nation, aiming to spread the Security and Peace between the people of the Earth.

INTEGRATIVE AND EXPLANATORY NORMS

Article 6

The diplomatic license plates, as here in article 32, paragraph 4 of the Section I, will be added to those identifying the property of the vehicle, and which may not be removed for any reason. Violation will comport the consequences provided by the laws of the State of the beneficiary, automatically declining the received charge.

Article 7

At integration of the Article 33, par. 2, Section I, the principal functions of the "Responsible of the Department for the Foreign Affairs" of the Royal House of Portugal are defined as follows:

To take care of diplomatic rapport with other States and International Entities and Organisations;

To propose and organize the starting of the offices and diplomatic or consular representations abroad;

To propose the nomination of the Ambassadors and Consuls to the Head of the Royal House;

To study, with his diplomats, internal situation of the foreign states;

To negotiate, and eventually sign agreements with other States, Entities and Organisations, having obtained the authorisation of the Head of the Royal House;

To discuss questions connected to the security, including those relative to nuclear and space problems;

To co-ordinate the unit for crises, following the situations that might be dangerous in cases of natural disasters or war, providing whatever initiative of help end evacuation in emergency.

To manage the educational and cultural institutes of the Royal House abroad;

To occupy himself with technical co-operation with developing countries;

To shelter and assist the "associated citizens" of the Royal House abroad.

To accompany the Head of the Royal House in official voyages;

To takes care of valorisation of the role of the foreign entrepreneurs associated with Royal House

Article 8

The Royal House of Portugal has been incorporated in The United States of America, in the State of Delaware, on October 10th, 1994, denominated "A.C.RE.P. INC. A NON-STOCK NON-PROFIT CORPORATION", all together in amity with what is provided by "Conventions" and "Accords" between said States, and those of Portugal and Italy, and specially in reference to the last one, the Law no. 385 of June 18th, 1949, published in the "Official Italian Gazette" no. 157 of July 12th,1949, in title "RATIFICATION AND EXECUTION OF DEAL OF AMITY, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, OF THE PROTOCOL OF UNDERWRITING, THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AND THE EXCHANGE OF THE CONCLUDING NOTES IN ROME, BETWEEN ITALY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ON FEBRUARY 2ND,1948."

Article 9

At integration of the article 5, under "a", "b", "c" and "e", Section I, the Royal House of Portugal has been and is governed by Dynasty of Bragança in the following way:

DOM JOÃO IV, FROM 1640;

DOM ALFONSO VI, FROM 1656;

DOM PEDRO II, FROM 1667. AS REGENT, KING FROM 1683;

DOM JOÃO V, FROM 1706;

DOM JOSÉ, FROM 1750;

Dona MARIA I, FROM 1777;

DOM JOÃO VI, FROM 1826;

DOM MIGUEL FROM 1828, whose descendant branch has been perpetually excluded from the pretension to the throne of Portugal, as provided by article 98 of the Monarchic Constitution of 1838, in force on October 5th, 1910, at the end of the Monarchy, which textually recites: "The collateral line of the ex-infant Dom Miguel and all his descendants are perpetually excluded from the succession";

Dona MARIA II, FROM 1834;

DOM PEDRO V, FROM 1853;

DOM LUIS FROM 1861;

DOM CARLOS FROM 1889;

DOM MANUEL II FROM 1908;

Dona MARIA PIA, FROM 1932, DECEASED;

DOM ROSARIO, FROM 1987; Living, latest and actual representative of the Dynasty, Legitimate and Constitutional line, who assumes, by the means of "Deliberation" issued with own Royal Decree No. XV, on May 06th, 1995, to supervene the death of HRH Dona Maria Pia Saxon Coburg of Bragança, "integrally, definitely and irrevocably", with full, total and absolute independence from whatsoever Authority and Power, all the Rights of the Chivalric Orders, heraldic property and the Crown of the Royal House of Portugal, as well as Titles, Qualifications, Honours, Deals, Prerogatives and Powers, also special", without any limitation and / or exception, as clearly provided in "Public Acts" and "Special Procures" reported chronologically by said Royal Decree No. XV.

Article 10

The Chivalric distinctions of the ROYAL MILITARY ORDER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, which by the Royal Decree No. III, article 40, page 33 of Section I, are being conferred in the name of the St. Apostolic Seat, by the Portuguese Kings.

From 1878, the Pope Pio IX takes this Order directly to the unique supreme class of decorations, Knights of the Grand Collar, leaving the conferring of the other grades to the Portuguese Sovereigns.

Following the Bola of July 2nd, 1905, by Pope Pio X, they got two distinctive Chivalric Orders, the Pontifical and the Portuguese one, mentioned before.

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