Chapter I · Common provisions

Article 472 Members’ resolutions

Artigo 472.º · Deliberações dos sócios

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

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1. Members’ resolutions are adopted either unanimously, under Article 54, or at a general meeting.

1 - As deliberações dos sócios são tomadas ou unanimemente, nos termos do artigo 54.º, ou em assembleia geral.

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2. The articles of association must regulate the allocation of votes to the members according to capital, but the general partners, taken together, may not have fewer than half of the votes belonging to the limited partners, likewise taken together.

2 - O contrato de sociedade deve regular, em função do capital, a atribuição de votos aos sócios, mas os sócios comanditados, em conjunto, não podem ter menos de metade dos votos pertencentes aos sócios comanditários, também em conjunto.

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3. Article 190(2) applies to the votes of members contributing services.

3 - Ao voto de sócios de indústria aplica-se o disposto no artigo 190.º, n.º 2.

What we checked in this article

The two methods of adopting resolutions (unanimous under Article 54 or in general meeting), the allocation of votes according to capital with the general partners' collective floor of half the limited partners' votes, and the reference to Article 190(2) 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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