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(Law No. 121/2000, Article 3, Section a)

“Protection pursuant to this Act shall not apply to

• an official work, such as a legal regulation, decision, public charter, publicly accessible register and the collection of its records, and also
• an official draft of an official work and other preparatory official documentation including the official translation of such work,
• Chamber of Deputies and Senate publications,
• a memorial chronicle of a municipality (muncipal chronicle),
• a state symbol and symbol of a regional self-governing unit,
• and other such works where there is public interest in their exclusion from copyright protection.”