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Law 6.015, of December 31 th, 1973 – Public Records Law

TITLE III – Legal Entities Civil Registry
CHAPTER I – Legal Registration
Art. 114. In the Civil Registry of Legal Entities shall be registered: (Renumbered art. 115 of Law

6,216/75).
I – contracts, acts of incorporation, statute or commitments from civil, religious, pious, moral, scientific
or literary societies as well as of the foundations and as sociations of public utility;
II – civil societies established under legal forms prescribed in commercial law, except for the limited
companies .
III – the constitutive acts and statute of political parties. (Included by Law 9,096/95)
Sole Paragraph. In the same office will be registered the newspapers, journals, printing offices, radio
broadcasting and news agencies referred to in art. 8 of Law
5,250/67.

Article 115. The constitutive acts of legal entities shall not be registered when its object or relevant
circumstances indicate illegal destination or activities harmful or dangerous to the social good, to the
State or collectivity safety, to the public or social order, to morals and morality. (Renumbered by art.
116 of Law 6,216/75).
Sole Paragraph. Occurring any of the reasons specified in this article, the registry officer, by his own or
provoked by any authority, shall suspend the registration process and raise doubt before the judge, who
shall decide it .

Art. 116. There will be, for the purposes envisaged in the previous articles, the following books:
(Renumbered by art. 117 of Law
6,216/75).
I – Book A, for the purposes stated in paragraph s I and II, of art. 114, with 300 sheets;
II – Book B, for registration of printing offices, newspapers, m agazines, radio broadcasting and news
agencies, with 150 sheets.

Art. 117. All copies of contracts, acts, statute s and publications, recorded and filed will filed with an
index to facilitate its search and examination. (Renumbered by art. 118, of Law 6 ,216/75)

Art . 118. The registry officers will in dex by chronological and alphabetical order all records and fillings
and may adopt a card system , being always responsible for any error or omission. (Renumbered by art.
118, of Law 6,216/75)

Art. 119. The existence of legal entities just begins with the registry of its constitutive acts. (Renumbered
by art. 120 of Law 6,216/75)
Sole paragraph. When the functioning of a company depends on approval of authority, the register will
not be performed without it.
CHAPTER II – Legal Entity

Art. 120. The registration of companies, foundations and political parties will consist on the declaration
of the order number, date of presentation and type of constitutive act, made by the official in the book,
with the following information: (Text by Law 9,096/95)
I – name, social patrimony, if any, purposes and the headquarters of the association or foundation, as
well as the term of its duration;
II – the method by which the company is m anaged and represented actively and passively, and out of
court;
III – if the statute, contract or commitment is reformable regarding administration and how;
IV – if members are sub sidiarily liable or not for the social obligations;
V – the conditions for the legal entity extinction a nd destinations of its assets;
VI – name of founders or settlers and board members, provisional or definitive, indicating nationality,
marital status and profession of each one, as well as the name and residency of the person presenting
the copies;
Sole Paragraph. For the registration of political parties will be accomplished, in addition to the
requirements of this article, th ose provided in specific law. (Included by Law 9 ,096/95)

Art. 121. For the registry it shall be submitted two copies of the statute, contract or commitment,
through which the record will be made upon a petition from the legal representative of the company,
launching the official, in the two copies, the competent certificate of registration, with the respective
number of order , book and sheet. One copy will be handled to the representative and the other will be
filed before the registry, signing the officer the sheets in which t he contract, commitment or statue are
printed. (Text by Law 9,042/ 95)