Chapter II · Limited partnerships

Article 476 Amendments and other matters relating to the articles of association

Artigo 476.º · Alteração e outros factos relativos ao contrato

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

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Resolutions on the amendment of the articles of association, merger, division or conversion must be adopted unanimously by the general partners and by limited partners representing at least two thirds of the capital held by the limited partners, unless the articles of association dispense with that unanimity or increase that majority.

As deliberações sobre a alteração do contrato de sociedade, fusão, cisão ou transformação devem ser tomadas unanimemente pelos sócios comanditados e por sócios comanditários que representem, pelo menos, dois terços do capital possuído por estes, a não ser que o contrato de sociedade prescinda da referida unanimidade ou aumente a mencionada maioria.

What we checked in this article

The unanimity of general partners plus two thirds of the capital held by limited partners for amendments, mergers, divisions and conversions, and the articles' power to dispense with unanimity or raise the majority, 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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