1. In the absence of any stipulation to the contrary and save as provided in paragraph 3, all members are managers, whether they formed the company or acquired membership subsequently.
1 - Não havendo estipulação em contrário e salvo o disposto no n.º 3, são gerentes todos os sócios, quer tenham constituído a sociedade, quer tenham adquirido essa qualidade posteriormente.
2. Persons who are not members of the company may be appointed managers by unanimous resolution of the members.
2 - Por deliberação unânime dos sócios podem ser designadas gerentes pessoas estranhas à sociedade.
3. A member that is a legal person may not be a manager but, unless prohibited by the articles of association, may appoint a natural person to hold that office in that person’s own name.
3 - Uma pessoa colectiva sócia não pode ser gerente, mas, salvo proibição contratual, pode nomear uma pessoa singular para, em nome próprio, exercer esse cargo.
4. A member who has been appointed manager by a special clause of the articles of association may be removed from office as manager only on grounds of just cause, in proceedings brought by the company or by another member against that member and against the company.
4 - O sócio que tiver sido designado gerente por cláusula especial do contrato de sociedade só pode ser destituído da gerência em acção intentada pela sociedade ou por outro sócio, contra ele e contra a sociedade, com fundamento em justa causa.
5. A member who acts as manager by virtue of paragraph 1 or who has been appointed manager by resolution of the members may be removed from office as manager only by resolution of the members on grounds of just cause, unless the articles of association provide otherwise.
5 - O sócio que exercer a gerência por força do disposto no n.º 1 ou que tiver sido designado gerente por deliberação dos sócios só pode ser destituído da gerência por deliberação dos sócios, com fundamento em justa causa, salvo quando o contato de sociedade dispuser diferentemente.
6. Managers who are not members may be removed from office as managers by resolution of the members, irrespective of just cause.
6 - Os gerentes não sócios podem ser destituídos da gerência por deliberação dos sócios, independentemente de justa causa.
7. If the company has only two members, the removal of either of them from office as manager on grounds of just cause may be decided only by the court, in proceedings brought by the other member against the company.
7 - Se a sociedade tiver apenas dois sócios, a destituição de qualquer deles da gerência, com fundamento em justa causa, só pelo tribunal pode ser decidida, em acção intentada pelo outro contra a sociedade.
The default rule that all members are managers, the unanimity required to appoint non-members, the legal-person rule and the three removal regimes (court action on just cause, members' resolution on just cause, removal of non-members without just cause, and the two-member case) are retained.
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Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.