Article 1
(Scope of the Magazine)

The Court of Auditors Magazine aims to support and publicize the activities of the Court of Auditors, through the publication of case law, studies, opinions, information and documents on matters falling within the scope of its attributions.

Article 2
(Ownership and administration)

The Magazine is the property of the Court of Auditors Treasury and its administration is the responsibility of the Treasury's Administrative Council.

Article 3
(Direction)

1. The Magazine is managed by the President of the Court of Auditors.
2. The Magazine Director is responsible for:
   1. Defining its guidelines;
   2. Planning each issue of the Magazine, based on a proposal from the Executive Coordinator;
   3. Selecting the texts referred to in article 5 to be published in each issue, upon proposal by the Executive Coordinator;
   4. Issuing invitations to people of recognized competence who may wish to collaborate on the Magazine;
   5. Approving the content of each issue of the Magazine.
3. In exercising his/her powers, the Magazine Director is assisted by an Editorial Coordinator and an Editorial Board of four members appointed by him/her, with a three year, renewable term.
4. The Editorial Coordinator is responsible for exercising the powers delegated to him/her by the Magazine Director.
5. The Editorial Board is responsible for commenting on the content of each issue of the Magazine.
6. The General Director, with the technical support of the Consulting and Planning Department, is the Executive Coordinator of the Magazine, and is responsible for proposing to the Editorial Coordinator the organization and content of each issue of the Magazine, to be approved by the Director.
7. Technical support for the Magazine editing is the responsibility of the Consulting and Planning Department with administrative support provided by the Financial and Assets Management Department, under the terms defined by the General Director.
   

Article 4
(Financial regime)

The expenses and revenues generated by the publication and sales of the Magazine are, respectively, supported and collected by the Court of Auditors' Treasury.

Article 5
(Structure)

Unless otherwise determined by its Director, the structure of the Magazine is composed of the following Sections:

1. STUDIES
2. CHRONICLES OF COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE
3. ACTIVITY OF THE COURT
4. CASE LAW AND REPORTS FROM OTHER COURTS AND OPINIONS FROM THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE
5. CURRENT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
6. HISTORICAL ARCHIVE

Article 6
(Formats)

1. The Court of Auditors Magazine is published in digital format, on a dedicated page of the Court's website.
2. The Magazine may also be published simultaneously on paper, the circulation of which will be defined for each edition.
   

Article 7
(Frequency)

1. The Court of Auditors Magazine is published biannually.
2. The provisions of the previous number do not exclude the possibility of publishing special issues, with a structure different from that provided for in Article 5.
   

Article 8
(Editing Rules for Studies)

1. Texts for the Studies section should have a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 40 pages, written using Times New Roman font in size 12 with 1.5 line spacing for the body text, and size 10 with single line spacing for the footnotes;
2. The Study title should be presented at the beginning of the text using the same font in bold formatting, in portuguese and other language (english) or on the contrary when the study is published in other language;
3. Below the title, on the right-hand side, should appear the name and surname of the author (indicating in a footnote his/her academic degree and/or professional field);
4. Before the main body of text there must be a "Table of contents” indicating the study headings with up to a maximum of three sub-headings per heading, in portuguese and other language (english) or on the contrary when the study is published in other language;
5. The “Summary” / “Abstract” must be presented in portuguese and english or on the contrary when the study is published in other language;
6. If the work is divided into distinct headings, the first-level headings should be presented in capital letters, numbered with Roman numerals, followed by a period (I., II, III., etc.). Periods must not be used at the end of the headings, whatever the level. Second-level headings should be identified by a capital letter followed by a period (A., B., C., etc.). Third-level headings should be identified by a lower case letter followed by a closing parenthesis [a), b), c), etc.] and fourth-level headings by a number followed by a closing parenthesis [1), 2), 3), etc.];
7. Notes should always be presented as footnotes.
8. Bibliographic references should be formated according to the following rules:
   
   
   1. Book: SURNAME, Name of author(s) - Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, Year, page/s;
   2. Book chapter: SURNAME, Name of author(s) - «Title of contribution/chapter». In Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year, Page/s;
   3. Magazine article: SURNAME. Name of author(s) - «Title of article». In Title of journal. Place of publication. ISSN. Vol., No., Year and Page/s;
   4. Websites: SURNAME, Name of author(s) - Title of document. [consulted on: date of consultation]. Available at: Internet address.
   
   

Article 9
(Revocation and validity)

1. DP Order No. 20/2008 - GP of May 6 is hereby revoked.
2. This Order shall come into force immediately.