1. The company’s business name is formed by the name or business name of at least one of the general partners, followed by the addition “em Comandita” or “& Comandita”, or “em Comandita por Acções” or “& Comandita por Acções”.
1 - A firma da sociedade é formada pelo nome ou firma de um, pelo menos, dos sócios comanditados e o aditamento «em Comandita» ou «& Comandita», «em Comandita por Acções» ou «& Comandita por Acções».
2. The names of limited partners may not appear in the company’s business name without their express consent and, in that case, the following paragraphs apply.
2 - Os nomes dos sócios comanditários não podem figurar na firma da sociedade sem o seu consentimento expresso e, neste caso, aplica-se o disposto nos números seguintes.
3. If a limited partner or a person outside the company consents to that person’s name or business name appearing in the company’s business name, that person becomes subject, vis-à-vis third parties, to the liability imposed on general partners in respect of acts executed under that business name, unless that person shows that those third parties knew that the person was not a general partner.
3 - Se o sócio comanditário ou alguém estranho à sociedade consentir que o seu nome ou firma figure na firma social fica sujeito, perante terceiros, à responsabilidade imposta aos sócios comanditados, em relação aos actos outorgados com aquela firma, salvo se demonstrar que tais terceiros sabiam que ele não era sócio comanditado.
4. The limited partner, or the person outside the company, is liable in the same circumstances for acts performed in the name of the company without express use of that irregular business name, unless that person shows that the inclusion of that person’s name in the company’s business name was not known to the third parties concerned or that, if it was known, those third parties knew that the person was not a general partner.
4 - O sócio comanditário, ou o estranho à sociedade, responde em iguais circunstâncias pelos actos praticados em nome da sociedade sem uso expresso daquela firma irregular, excepto se demonstrar que a inclusão do seu nome na firma social não era conhecida dos terceiros interessados ou que, sendo-o, estes sabiam que ele não era sócio comanditado.
5. All persons who act in the name of a company whose business name contains that irregularity are subject to the same liability, on the terms laid down in the preceding paragraphs, unless they show that they were unaware of it and were under no duty to be aware of it.
5 - Ficam sujeitos à mesma responsabilidade, nos termos previstos nos números antecedentes, todos os que agirem em nome da sociedade cuja firma contenha a referida irregularidade, a não ser que demonstrem que a desconheciam e não tinham o dever de a conhecer.
The mandatory composition of the business name, the requirement of express consent for limited partners' names, the general-partner liability of limited partners or outsiders who consent to their name being used (with the third-party knowledge defences) and the liability of all who act under the irregular name unless excusably unaware 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.