Commencement in continental territory

The provisions of the said Code shall come into force in the entire continental territory of the Kingdom and adjacent islands, six months after the publication of the present law in the Gazette of Lisbon. The Code as well as those regulations shall come into force, regardless of their publication in respective Official Gazettes, in all overseas provinces with effect from 1st July, 1870 and the same day is deemed equally as its publication in the overseas territories for all purposes, with the modifications contained in this decree. Sole Paragraph: The Ministry of Navy and Overseas shall remit to the Governors of the overseas provinces, copies of the Code and of respective regulations to the officials who are entrusted with the work of distribution of the Gazettes. Right means the moral faculty to do or not to do certain acts and duty or obligation the moral need to do or not to do certain acts.