Chapter I · Common provisions

Article 471 Removal of partner-managers from office

Artigo 471.º · Destituição de sócios gerentes

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

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1. A general partner who acts as manager may be removed from management without just cause only by a resolution obtaining two thirds of the votes attributable to the general partners and two thirds of the votes attributable to the limited partners.

1 - O sócio comanditado que exerça a gerência só pode ser destituído desta, sem haver justa causa, por deliberação que reúna dois terços dos votos que cabem aos sócios comanditados e dois terços dos votos que cabem aos sócios comanditários.

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2. Where there is just cause, a general partner is removed from management by a resolution adopted by a simple majority of the votes cast at the meeting.

2 - Havendo justa causa, o sócio comanditado é destituído da gerência por deliberação tomada por maioria simples dos votos apurados na assembleia.

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3. A limited partner is removed from management by a resolution obtaining a simple majority of the votes cast at the meeting.

3 - O sócio comanditário é destituído da gerência por deliberação que reúna a maioria simples dos votos apurados na assembleia.

What we checked in this article

The double two-thirds majority (of general partners' and of limited partners' votes) for removal of a general partner without just cause, and the simple majority of votes cast for removal of a general partner with just cause and of a limited partner, 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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