Chapter III · Quota interests · Section VII · Registration of quotas

Article 242-B Arranging registration

Artigo 242.º-B · Promoção do registo

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

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1. The company arranges the registrations relating to facts in which it has in any way been involved, or at the request of a person with standing under the following paragraph.

1 - A sociedade promove os registos relativos a factos em que, de alguma forma, tenha tido intervenção ou mediante solicitação de quem tenha legitimidade, nos termos do número seguinte.

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2. The following have standing to request the company to arrange registration:

2 - Têm legitimidade para solicitar à sociedade a promoção do registo:

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a) The transferee, the transferor and the member who has withdrawn;

a) O transmissário, o transmitente e o sócio exonerado;

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b) The usufructuary and the pledgee.

b) O usufrutuário e o credor pignoratício.

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3. A request to the company to arrange registration must be accompanied by the documents evidencing the fact to be registered and by the registry fees, charges and other sums due.

3 - A solicitação à sociedade da promoção do registo deve ser acompanhada dos documentos que titulem o facto a registar e dos emolumentos, taxas e outras quantias devidas.

What we checked in this article

The two bases for the company to arrange registration, the persons with standing listed in points (a) and (b), and the requirement that the request be accompanied by the supporting documents and the sums due 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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