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 Section 147

1. Within the terms of the present Constitution, Statutes of Autonomy shall be the basic institutional rule of each Self-governing Community and the State shall recognize and protect them as an integral part of its legal system.

2. The Statutes of Autonomy must contain:

a) The name of the Community which best corresponds to its historic identity.

b) Its territorial boundaries.

c) The name, organization and seat of its own autonomous institutions.

d) The powers assumed within the framework laid down by the Constitution and the basic rules for the transfer of the corresponding services.

3. Amendment of Statutes of Autonomy shall conform to the procedure established therein and shall in any case require approval of the Cortes Generales through an organic act.

Section 148

1. The Self-governing Communities may assume competences over the following matters:

1. Organization of their institutions of self-government.

2. Changes in municipal boundaries within their territory and, in general, functions appertaining to the State Administration regarding local Corporations, whose transfer may be authorised by legislation on local governementgovernment [sic].

3. Town and country planning and housing.

4. Public works of interest to the Self-governing Community, within its own territory.

5. Railways and roads whose routes lie exclusively within the territory of the 66