Chapter VI · Management, supervision and company secretary · Section III · Audit committee

Article 423-E Removal from office of members of the audit committee

Artigo 423.º-E · Destituição dos membros da comissão de auditoria

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

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1. The general meeting may remove members of the audit committee from office only where there is just cause.

1 - A assembleia geral só pode destituir os membros da comissão de auditoria desde que ocorra justa causa.

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2. Article 419(2), (4) and (5) applies to the members of the audit committee with the necessary adaptations.

2 - É aplicável aos membros da comissão de auditoria, com as devidas adaptações, os n.os 2, 4 e 5 do artigo 419.º

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The just-cause requirement for removal by the general meeting and the cross-reference to Article 419(2), (4) and (5) 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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