incapacity of children, is supplied by parental responsibility and alternatively, by
guardianship. As a child, their actions are null and void and the exceptions to the
legal incapacity of children are those that occur when they are portrayed from acts of
administration that are in accordance with the development of the child's autonomy
and the availability of goods acquired by his own work or that only involve expenses
of minor importance, or legal businesses relating to the profession, art or craft that
the child has been authorized to exercise, or those practiced in the exercise of that
profession, art or craft.
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3 With the entry into force of Law No.5/76 of May 3, 1976, published in the 1st Supplement to the
Official Gazette No.18, of May 4, 1976, the majority came to be reached by those who were eighteen
(18) years of age (cf. Article 1) and consequently the part of Article 122 of the Civil Code dating from
1966 has been revoked.
4 (Decree-Law No. 47,344 of November 25, 1966)
109. Acts related to the profession, art or craft of the child and by acts practiced in
the exercise of that profession, art or craft only respond to the goods that the child
has at the free disposal.
110. Reaching the age of majority, acquires full capacity of the exercise of rights,
being empowered to govern his person and dispose of his assets. Therefore, the
capacity for exercise, demands the presence of a certain personal maturity, that is,
free decision power, lucid and autonomous.
111. The incapacity to enjoyment, is an exceptional situation and is expressly
provided by law, and it is insupportable, that the violation results in nullity, namely,
incapacity to test, since they are not emancipated (...), Article 2189 CC and in
accordance with Article 2 of Law No.5/76, of May 4;
112. Bridal incapacity, is a legal impediment, Article 1601 and 1602, both of the CC
and under the terms of Article 1828 of the same legal instrument, the child cannot
rule, except in the cases provided for in Article 2 of Law 5/1976.
V. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
5.1. Principle of Non-discrimination - Articles 3 and 26 of the Charter
113. Pursuant to Article 3 of the Charter and Article 24 of the Constitution of the
Republic of Guinea-Bissau, the principle of equality, has been enshrined in the
following terms:
114. "Every child shall have the right to full enjoyment of all rights to freedom
recognized and guaranteed in this Charter, without any difference as to race, ethnic
group, color, sex, language, religion, political opinion or other opinion, national or
social origin, wealth, birth or other status of their parents or their legitimate guardians.
" Article 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, also enshrines the
principle of equality in the following terms: "All citizens are equal before the law, enjoy
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