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1. With regard to section 482 of the Labour Code (the dismissal of a worker in respect of whom it has been duly established by administrative inquiry that he has committed acts which prejudice national security), the Committee had noted previously that this provision was tacitly repealed by the 1988 Constitution and had encouraged the Government to take measures for its explicit repeal. According to the Government's reports, two texts are currently under discussion to repeal the sole paragraph of section 482: Chamber of Deputies Bill No. 8/95 is now before the Senate; and Bill No. 4783 of 1990 (mentioned in the previous direct request) is now before the Constitution and Justice Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, which is the normal procedure for all texts in the initial stage of the legislative process. The Committee requests the Government to inform it of the adoption of this draft legislation.

2. Regarding the Committee's request for statistics on the distribution of men and women workers in the various jobs in the public sector and their respective levels of responsibility, the Committee notes that detailed data is apparently not kept on this by the statistics authorities. The Committee would be interested in receiving any studies or research which might throw more light on the distribution of men and women in the public sector and, to this end, asks the Government to supply a copy of the national report on the situation of Brazilian women that was prepared for the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in September 1995.