Parliamentary Laws

 

 
Law #

Subject

Promulgation Date Publication Date




1/2002 Publication of Acts 29/06/02 07/08/02
2/2002 Interpretation of Applicable Law on 19 May 2002 10/07/02 07/08/02
3/2002 Law on the State Budget for the Fiscal Year 2002/2003   16/07/02 07/08/02
4/2002

Organic Law of the National Parliament

10/07/02 07/08/02
5/2002 Revenue System Amendment Act 13/08/02 20/09/02
6/2002 Alterations to Budget Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2001-2002 20/08/02 20/09/02
7/2002 Maritime Boundaries of the Territory of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 24/08/02 20/09/02
8/2002 Statutes of Judicial Magistrates (Amended by Law No. 11/2004) 09/09/02 05/11/02
9/2002 Law on Citizenship 30/10/02 16/07/03




1/2003 Juridical Regime of Real Estate (Part 1 - Ownership over real estate) 24/12/02 10/03/03
2/2003 Law Amending UNTAET Regulation No 2002/6, On the Establishment of the Public Broadcasting Service of East Timor 24/12/02 10/03/03
3/2003 Taxation of Bayu-Undan Contractors

06/06/03

01/07/03

4/2003 Petroleum Development of Timor Sea (Tax Stability) 06/06/03 01/07/03
5/2003 Amendment to Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002-2003 14/04/03 10/09/03
6/2003 Law on the State Budget for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 07/07/03 10/09/03
7/2003 Law Amending UNTAET Regulation No. 2001/10 On the Establishment of a Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor 07/07/03 24/09/03
8/2003 Internal Security (Revoked by Law 4/010) 27/09/03 08/10/03
9/2003 Immigration and Asylum Act 08/10/03 15/10/03
10/2003 Interpretation of Section 1 of Law No. 2/2002 of 7 August 2002, and Sources of Law 20/11/03 10/12/03




1/2004 Amendment to State Budget Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 02/02/04 11/02/04
2/2004 Election of Suco Chiefs and Suco Councils (Revoked by Law no. 3/2009) 10/02/04 18/02/04
3/2004 Political Parties 25/03/04 14/04/04
4/2004 Commercial Companies 05/04/04 21/04/04
5/2004 Status of Members of Parliament 15/04/04 28/04/04
6/2004 The Organic Structure of the Office of the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste 20/05/04 26/05/04
7/2004 Statute of the Office of the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice 20/05/04 26/05/04
8/2004 Statute of the Civil Service (Amended by Law 5/2009) 08/06/04 16/06/04
9/2004 State Budget for Fiscal Year 2004-2005    8/07/04 14/07/04
10/2004 Law on the Health System 11/11/04 24/11/04
11/2004 Law Amending , The Statute of Judicial Magistrates Law 8/2002 20/12/04 29/12/04
12/2004 Fishing-Related Offences 22/12/04 29/12/04
13/2004 Extension of the Mandate of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR). 27/12/04 29/12/04




01/2005 Law on the Council of State 03/02/05 09/02/05
02/2005 Law on the Superior Council for Defence and Security 17/02/05 02/03/05
03/2005 Law Rectifying State Budget for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 28/02/05 03/03/05
04/2005 Law on Domestic Investment  27/05/05 07/06/05
05/2005 Foreign Investment Law 27/05/05 07/07/05
06/2005 Regime for the Licensing, Oversight and Regulation of Insurance Companies and Insurance Intermediaries 16/06/05 06/07/05
07/2005 Law on State Budget for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.  15/07/05 20/07/05
08/2005 Petroleum Taxation Law 13/07/05 03/08/05
09/2005 Petroleum Fund Law 13/07/05 03/08/05
10/2005 Public Holidays and Official Commemorative Dates 29/07/05 10/08/05
11/2005 Third Extension of the Mandate of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste (CAVR) 04/08/05 10/08/05
12/2005 Juridical Regime of Real Estate (Part II) (-Leasing between Individuals) 16/06/05 02/09/05
13/2005 Law on Petroleum Activities 23/08/05 02/09/05
14/2005 Statute of the Public Prosecution Service 03/09/05 16/09/05
15/2005 Legislative Authorization on Criminal Procedure Matters 03/09/05 16/09/05
16/2005 Legislative Authorization on Criminal Matters 03/09/05 16/09/05
17/2005 Legislative Authorization on Civil Procedure Matters 03/09/05 16/09/05




01/2006 Freedom of Assembly and Demonstration 16/01/06 28/12/06
02/2006 Law Rectifying State Budget for Fiscal Year 2005-2006   06/02/06  08/02/06
03/2006 Statute of the National Liberation Combatants 05/04/06 12/04/06
04/2006 State Budget for Fiscal Year 2006-2007 06/02/06 14/03/07
05/2006 Electoral Administration Bodies 19/12/06 28/12/06
06/2006 Law on Election of National Parliament 22/12/06 28/12/06
07/2006 Law on Election of President of Republic 26/12/06 28/12/06




01/2007 Monthly Life Pension and Others Privileges for Former Member of Parliament 23/12/06 18/01/07
02/2007 National Symbols 17/01/07 18/01/07
03/2007 Military Service Law  21/02/07 28/02/07
04/2007 Law Rectifying the Budget for Fiscal Year 2006-2007 08/03/07 14/03/07
05/2007 Law on the Election of the President of the Republic (Amendment of Law No. 7/2006) 26/03/07 27/03/07
06/2007 Law on  the Election of National Parliament (Amendment of Law No. 6 /2006) 29/05/07 31/05/07
07/2007 Statute of the holders of Sovereignty Bodies 17/07/07 17/07/07
08/2007

Law on the Budgetary Period  

18/09/07 21/09/07
09/2007 Law on the State Budget of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste for the Transitional Period from 1 July and 31 December 2007 09/10/07 10/10/07
10/2007 State Budget of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste for 2008 04/12/07 05/12/07




1/2008 Law Authorizing the President of the Republic to Declare a State of Siege (11 February through 13 February 2008) 11/02/08 11/02/08
2/2008 Law Authorizing the President of the Republic to Renew the Declaration of State of Siege (From 13 February through 23 February 2008) 13/02/08 13/02/08
3/2008 Law on the Regulation of the State of Siege and Emergency 22/02/08 22/02/08
4/2008 Law Authorizing the President of the Republic to Renew the Declaration of the State of the Siege (From 23 February through 23 March 2008)   22/02/08 22/02/08
5/2008 Law Autorizing the President of the Repubic to Renew the Declaration of State of Siege in Various Districts and to Renew the State of Emergency in Various Districts  (From 23 March through 22 April 2008) 20/03/08 20/03/08
6/2008 Legal Regime for the Financing of Political Parties 05/01/08 09/03/08
7/2008 Law Authorizing the President of the Republic to Renew the Declaration of State of Siege in the District of Ermera (From 22 April through 21 May 2008) 22/04/08 22/04/08
8/2008 Tax and Duties Act 25/06/08 30/06/08  
9/2008 Law on the Intelligence System of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste  01/07/08 02/07/08  
10/2008 The Practice of Martial Arts  04/07/08 17/07/08
11/2008 Law On the Juridical Regime Governing Private Legal Professional and Lawyers Training 14/07/08 30/07/08
12/2008 State Budget of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste for 2008 (Amendment to Law No. 10-2007) 04/08/08 05/05/08
13/2008 Legislative Authorization in Criminal Matters 07/10/08 13/10/08
14/2008

Education System Framework Law

17/10/08 29/10/08
15/2008 Law Governing the Organization and Functioning of Parliamentary Administration 05/12/08 24/12/08
16/2008

Military Service Law (Amendment to Law No. 3/2007)

11/12/08 24/12/08




01/2009

Law Adopting the State Budget of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste for 2009

06/02/09 09/02/09
02/2009

Law on Protection of Witnesses

30/04/09 06/05/09
03/2009

Community Leaderships and Their Election (Revoke Law no. 2/2004)

08/07/09 08/07/09
04/2009

Legal System for Parliamentary Inquires

03/07/09 15/07/09
05/2009

First amendment to Law No. 8-2004 that approves the Statute of the Civil Service

03/07/09 15/07/09
06/2009

First amendment, by parliamentary consideration, to the Penal Code adopted by Decree-Law 19-2009

03/07/09 15/07/09
07/2009

Establishing the Civil Service Commission  

03/07/09 15/07/09
08/2009

Law on the Anti-Corruption Commission  

07/07/09 15/07/09
09/2009

First Amendment of the Law 3-2006, The Statute of the National Liberation Combatants  

30/07/09 05/08/09
10/2009

Regulation on the Remuneration of Judicial Magistrates, Public Prosecution Magistrates and Public Defence Officers

07/10/09 07/10/09
11/2009

Territorial Administrative Division

07/10/09 07/10/09
12/2009

Usage and Protection of the Emblem of the Red Cross in Timor Leste

16/10/09 21/10/09
13/2009

Budget and Financial Administration 

15/10/09 21/10/09
14/2009

Regulation on the Remuneration of Political Holders

16/10/09 21/10/09
15/2009

Approves the State Budget of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste for the Year 2010 (Amended by Law 08/2010)

15/12/09 23/12/09
16/2009

Up-date on the Remuneration of Magistrates and Public Defenders

15/12/09 23/12/09




01/2010

Basic Sports Law   

06/04/10 21/04/10
02/2010

Law on National Security 

09/04/10 21/04/10
03/2010

Law on National Defence 

09/04/10 21/04/10
04/2010

Law on Internal Security (Revoke Law 8-2003)

09/04/10 21/04/10
05/2010

General census of the Population and General Census of the Houses 2010 (Censuses 2010) 

13/04/10 21/04/10
06/2010

Law on International Treaties

05/05/10 12/05/10
07/2010

Law Against Domestic Violence

21/06/10 07/07/10
08/2010

(First Amendment) to Law 15-2009, Which Approves the State Budget for 2010

09/06/10 14/07/10
09/2010

On the Amendment of the date of presenting the Budget Law of the State for 2011 

12/10/10 13/10/10




01/2011

Approves the State Budget of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 

12/02/11 14/02/11
02/2011

Second Amendment Law 3-2006 of April 12 Status of Combatants of National Liberation

21/03/11 23/03/11
03/2011

Organic Law of the Presidency of the Republic

11/05/11 01/06/11
04/2011

Crimes of Monopolisation and Speculation

18/05/11 01/06/11
05/2011

Organic Law of the Central Bank of East-Timor    

13/04/11 22/06/11
06/2011

First amendment to Law 5/2006 of 28 December Organs of Electoral Administration  

16/06/11 22/06/11
07/2011

Second amendment to Law No. 6/2006 of 28 December- Electoral Law for the National Parliament   

04/05/11 22/06/11
08/2011

Second amendment to Law No. 7/2006 of 28 December – Electoral Law for the President of the Republic  

16/06/11 22/06/11
 09/2011

Organic Law of the Chamber of Auditors of the Administrative, Fiscal, Auditors High Court  

12/08/11 17/08/11
10/2011

Approves the Civil Code

13/09/11 14/09/11
11/2011

1st Amendment Statute of Public Prosecutor's Office

19/09/11 28/09/11
12/2011

 First amendment to Law no. 9-2005, of 3rd August, Petroleum Fund Law

19/09/11 28/09/11
13/2011

Public Debt Regime

20/09/11 28/09/11
14/2011

Private Investment Law

16/09/11 28/09/11
15/2011

International Penal Judicial Cooperation

18/10/11 26/10/11
16/2011

Adopting the State Budget of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste  2012

15/12/11 21/12/11
17/2011

Legal Regime Covering the Prevention of and Combat Against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism

15/12/11 21/12/11




01/2012

Third Amendment of the Law 6-2006 Electoral Law for the National Parliament

12/01/12 13/01/12
02/2012

3rd amendment to Law 7-2006 – Electoral Law for President of the Republic

12/01/12 13/01/12
03/2012

Legislative Authorization on Environment

12/01/12 13/01/12
04/2012

Labour Law

20/12/11 21/02/12
05/2012

Strike Law

  17/02/12   29/02/12
06/2012

Approving the Transitional Regime for Social Security in Old Age, Disability and Death for State Workers;

25/01/12 29/02/12
07/2012

Fourth Amendment to Law No. 7/2006 of 28 December – Law on the Election of the President of the Republic  

01/03/12 01/03/12