1. The supervisory board or the audit committee may suspend directors where:
1 - O conselho fiscal ou a comissão de auditoria pode suspender administradores quando:
a) Their state of health temporarily prevents them from performing their functions;
a) As suas condições de saúde os impossibilitem temporariamente de exercer as funções;
b) Other personal circumstances prevent them from performing their functions for a period presumably exceeding 60 days and they request temporary suspension from the supervisory board or the audit committee, or that body considers that the company’s interest so requires.
b) Outras circunstâncias pessoais obstem a que exerçam as suas funções por tempo presumivelmente superior a 60 dias e solicitem ao conselho fiscal ou à comissão de auditoria a suspensão temporária ou este entenda que o interesse da sociedade a exige.
2. The articles of association may regulate the position of directors during the period of suspension; in the absence of such rules, all their powers, rights and duties are suspended, except duties that do not presuppose the actual performance of functions.
2 - O contrato de sociedade pode regulamentar a situação dos administradores durante o tempo de suspensão; na falta dessa regulamentação, suspendem-se todos os seus poderes, direitos e deveres, excepto os deveres que não pressuponham o exercício efectivo de funções.
The suspending body (supervisory board or audit committee), the two grounds including the more-than-60-days condition and the alternative triggers in point (b), and the default suspension of powers, rights and duties 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.