Lejislasaun / Legislation

Below is a selection of laws that are relevant to human rights, the justice sector and JSMP’s work in Timor Leste. JSMP has endeavored to provide laws in as many of the relevant languages as possible.

Copies of other laws of Timor Leste can be accessed from the UNMIT website: http://www.unmit.org/legal/index-e.htm

Copies of selected draft laws can be found on the Parliament Watch Project section of the JSMP website.

Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste

(Tetum, English, Portuguese, Indonesia)

• Lei Nu 13/2017 Regime Especial Para Definicão da Titularidades DOS Bems  Imovés

• Lei Nu 08/2017 Expropriação por Utilidade Pública

• Lei N.o 6/2017 de 19 de Abril Lei Base Ordenamento

• Dekretu Lei Nu 34/III  kona-ba Prevensaun Trafiku da Pessoas a Quarta Alterasaun A Codigu Penal (Portuges)

• Lei Kombate Trafiku Ilisitiu (Portuges)

• Dekretru Lei Defensoria Publiku (Portugues)

• Regimi transitoriu ba rekrutamentu juizes, prokuradores, no defensores estranjeiru ( Portugues) 

• Lei No. 9/2016, 8 Jullu , Lei Suku 1
• Lei No.9/ 2016, 8 Jullu, Lei dos Sucos (Portugues )

• RESOLUÇÃO DO GOVERNO N.º 30/2015 de 26 de Agosto ESTABELECE A COMISSÃO PARA A REFORMA LEGISLATIVA E DO SECTOR DA JUSTIÇA ( Portuques )

• Lei Contra a Violência Doméstica ( Tetum, English)

• Amendment to Standing Rules of the National Parliament (Portuguese)

• Law on the Anti-Corruption Commission (Portuguese)

• Law altering the Penal Code (Tetum)

• Law on Protection of Witnesses (English)

• Law approving the Penal Code  (English,)

• Law on the Organisation and Functioning of Parliamentary Administration (English)

• Law On the Juridical Regime Governing Private Legal Professional and Lawyers Training (English)

• Public Defender’s Office Statute  (English)

• Organic Statute of the Ministry of Justice  (English,)

• Law on the Election of the National Parliament (English)

• Freedom of Assembly and Demonstration (English)

• Civil Procedure Code  (Portuguese)