Chapter III · Quota interests · Section III · Transfer of a quota

Article 230 Request for and granting of consent

Artigo 230.º · Pedido e prestação do consentimento

Código das Sociedades Comerciais · Decree-Law No. 262/86 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. The company’s consent is requested in writing, stating the assignee and all the terms of the assignment.

1 - O consentimento da sociedade é pedido por escrito, com indicação do cessionário e de todas as condições da cessão.

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2. Express consent is given by a resolution of the members.

2 - O consentimento expresso é dado por deliberação dos sócios.

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3. Consent may not be made subject to conditions, and any conditions stipulated are of no effect.

3 - O consentimento não pode ser subordinado a condições, sendo irrelevantes as que se estipularem.

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4. If the company does not adopt a resolution on the request for consent within the 60 days following its receipt, the effectiveness of the assignment ceases to depend on consent.

4 - Se a sociedade não tomar a deliberação sobre o pedido de consentimento nos 60 dias seguintes à sua recepção, a eficácia de cessão deixa de depender dele.

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5. Consent given to an assignment that follows an earlier assignment to which consent was not given renders the earlier assignment effective to the extent necessary to establish the assignor’s entitlement.

5 - O consentimento dado a uma cessão posterior a outra não consentida torna esta eficaz, na medida necessária para assegurar a legitimidade do cedente.

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6. The company’s consent is deemed to have been given where the assignee has taken part in a resolution of the members and none of them challenges it on that ground; for the purposes of registration of the assignment, tacit consent is proved by the minutes of the resolution.

6 - Considera-se prestado o consentimento da sociedade quando o cessionário tenha participado em deliberação dos sócios e nenhum deles a impugnar com esse fundamento, provando-se o consentimento tácito, para efeitos de registo da cessão, pela acta da deliberação.

What we checked in this article

The written request stating the assignee and all terms, the bar on conditional consent, the 60-day period after which the assignment no longer depends on consent, and tacit consent proved by the minutes 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.

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