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

Article 242-D Succession of registrations

Artigo 242.º-D · Sucessão de registos

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

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For the company to be able to arrange registration of acts altering the ownership of quota interests and of rights over them, the registered holder must have taken part in those acts.

Para que a sociedade possa promover o registo de actos modificativos da titularidade de quotas e de direitos sobre elas é necessário que neles tenha intervindo o titular registado.

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The condition that the registered holder must have taken part in the act, for acts altering ownership of quota interests and of rights over them, is 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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