Proposta de Lei sobre a Inteligência Artificial (Draft Law on Artificial Intelligence)

This is a draft bill (proposta de lei), not enacted law. It was prepared by Angola's Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication (MINTTICS) and presented in September 2025, with a public consultation opened on the official MINTTICS portal (consultapublica.minttics.gov.ao). If passed by the National Assembly it would become binding; as drafted it has no legal force. The instrument is comprehensive, comprising 86 articles across nine chapters that set out ethical principles, transparency obligations, oversight mechanisms, liability rules and sanctions for the development and use of artificial intelligence in Angola. Structurally it follows a risk-based approach broadly comparable to the EU model, classifying AI systems by risk and attaching obligations accordingly. The bill is notable for an expansive extraterritorial claim: any AI system that affects the public interest of Angola or the rights of Angolan citizens would fall within its scope regardless of where the system is built or operated. It pairs a strict liability regime with civil, criminal and administrative responsibility for misuse, mandatory content watermarking and transparency duties, and a right for individuals to refuse the use of their personal data to train AI systems or to demand anonymisation. Commercial establishments such as banks and supermarkets would be required to explain the purposes of data collection. The bill establishes a new 'competent authority for AI' as the central body responsible for regulation, supervision and enforcement; this body does not yet exist, so no regulator is linked. It runs in parallel with a draft amendment to Angola's Data Protection Act (Law 22/11) that would add a dedicated chapter on AI-based processing of personal data, hence the cross-reference and the secondary Data Protection topic. Proposed sanctions are severe, including fines of up to 15,000 minimum salaries (up to roughly 1.5 billion Kwanza for companies and 750 million Kwanza for individuals) and prison terms of up to 12 years for the most serious offences. Anticipated follow-up includes parliamentary debate and possible revision following the public consultation, alongside the corresponding amendment to the data protection framework. Dates of enactment and effect are left blank because the instrument has not been enacted.

1. 1Draft AI law of 86 articles across nine chapters covering principles, transparency, oversight, liability and sanctions (not yet enacted)
2. 2Risk-based classification of AI systems with obligations scaled to risk level
3. 3Extraterritorial scope: applies to any AI system affecting Angola's public interest or the rights of Angolan citizens, wherever built or operated
4. 4Strict liability regime plus civil, criminal and administrative responsibility for misuse of AI
5. 5Mandatory watermarking of AI-generated content and transparency obligations for deployers
6. 6Right of individuals to refuse use of their personal data to train AI systems or to demand anonymisation; duty on commercial establishments to explain data collection purposes
7. 7Establishes a new competent authority for AI to regulate, supervise and enforce the law
8. 8Severe sanctions, including fines up to 15,000 minimum salaries and imprisonment of up to 12 years; runs in parallel with a draft amendment to Data Protection Act (Law 22/11)