Senate Bill No. 00275 of 2006, authored by the Bingo CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry).

Senate Bill No. 00275/2006

Amends Law No. 5.869, of January 11, 1973 – Code of Civil Procedure, to provide for the automatic referral to the court in the event of a preliminary judicial decision authorizing the operation of gambling.

The National Congress decrees:

Article 1. Article 475 of Law No. 5.869, of January 11, 1973 – Code of Civil Procedure, shall now read as follows:

“ Art. 475. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

§ 4. The provisions of the heading of this article shall apply in the case of a preliminary injunction or provisional relief order authorizing the promotion, establishment, or operation of gambling. (NR)”

Art. 2º This Law shall enter into force on the date of its publication.
 
Authorship: Bingo CPI

"Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI), created through Request No. 245 of 2004, to 'investigate and ascertain the use of bingo halls for the practice of money laundering or concealment of assets, rights and values, as well as the relationship of these halls and the companies holding betting concessions with organized crime'."

Proposal included in the Approved Final Report. 

The following senators signed the bill: Efraim Morais, Garibaldi Alves Filho, Juvêncio da Fonseca, José Jorge, Eduardo Suplicy, Romero Jucá, Leomar Quintanilha, Wellington Salgado, Augusto Botelho, Álvaro Dias, Valdir Raupp, Antonio Carlos Magalhães, Heráclito Fortes, and Magno Malta.