1. Unless the articles of association provide otherwise, as permitted under Article 214(2), the managers may refuse the information, consultation or inspection only where it is to be feared that the member will use them for purposes extraneous to the company and to its detriment, and also where providing them would entail a breach of secrecy imposed by law in the interests of third parties.
1 - Salvo disposição diversa do contrato de sociedade, lícita nos termos do artigo 214.º, n.º 2, a informação, a consulta ou a inspecção só podem ser recusadas pelos gerentes quando for de recear que o sócio as utilize para fins estranhos à sociedade e com prejuízo desta e, bem assim, quando a prestação ocasionar violação de segredo imposto por lei no interesse de terceiros.
2. In the event of refusal of information or of the provision of information that is presumably false, incomplete or unclear, the member concerned may seek a resolution of the members requiring the information to be provided or corrected.
2 - Em caso de recusa de informação ou de prestação de informação presumivelmente falsa, incompleta ou não elucidativa, pode o sócio interessado provocar deliberação dos sócios para que a informação lhe seja prestada ou seja corrigida.
The two exhaustive grounds for refusal (feared use for extraneous purposes to the company's detriment; breach of statutory secrecy protecting third parties), subject to articles permitted by Article 214(2), and the member's recourse to a members' resolution 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.