Legislative Assembly of Macau 📺️

According to the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region (hereinafter referred to as Basic Law), the Macao Special Administrative Region shall enjoy the legislative power, and the Legislative Assembly shall be the legislature of the Region.

The authorities of the Legislative Assembly comprise of its President, Vice President, the Executive Board, Committee on House Rules, Standing Committees and Monitoring Committees. The Legislative Assembly can create provisional committees for tackling specific issues. The President represents the Legislative Assembly and leads and coordinates its work, and exercises powers according to the provisions of the Basic Law and the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Assembly. Generally speaking, the term of office of the Legislative Assembly shall be of four years, divided into four sessions, each corresponding to a legislative year. In the ordinary course of events, each legislative session spans from October 16th to August 15th of the following year. The languages used in the Legislative Assembly are Chinese and Portuguese, the two Macau SAR’s official languages.