Law nº 15.263, which instituted the "Simplifed Language National Policy", prohibits all instances of government from using neutral-gender terms on official documents in the following terms: "Article 5º - The public administration shall obey simple language techniques in texts destinated to citizens, such as: [...] XI - not using new gender and number declination forms on portuguese language words which are contrary to the grammar norms, the Orthographic Vocabulary of the Portuguese Language (Volp) and the Orthographic Agreement of the Portuguese Language, enacted by the Decree nº 6,583, of September 29th, 2008." The law was sanctioned by president Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and taken into effect by November 14th, 2025. Other Brazilian states and municipalities may apply specific restrictions, although some of them were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Federal Court. using, on portuguese language words, new gender and number declination forms which are contrary to the grammar norms, the Orthographic Vocabulary of the Portuguese Language (Volp) and the Orthographic Agreement of the Portuguese Language, enacted by the Decree nº 6,583, of September 29th, 2008." The law was sanctioned by president Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and taken into effect by November 14th, 2025. Other Brazilian states and municipalities may apply specific restrictions, although some of them were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Federal Court.

Law nº 15.263, of November 14th, 2025, which instituted the "Simplifed Language National Policy", prohibits all instances of government from using neutral-gender terms on official documents. Other Brazilian states and municipalities may apply specific restrictions, although some of them were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Federal Court. documents in the following terms: "Article 5º - The public administration shall obey simple language techniques in texts destinated to citizens, such as: [...] XI - not using new gender and number declination forms on portuguese language words which are contrary to the grammar norms, the Orthographic Vocabulary of the Portuguese Language (Volp) and the Orthographic Agreement of the Portuguese Language, enacted by the Decree nº 6,583, of September 29th, 2008." The law was sanctioned by president Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and taken into effect by November 14th, 2025. Other Brazilian states and municipalities may apply specific restrictions, although some of them were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Federal Court.