1. Any person who, by violence or threat of violence, prevents a member or other entitled person from taking part in a duly constituted general meeting of members, special meeting of shareholders or meeting of bondholders, or from effectively exercising at that meeting their rights to information, to make proposals, to take part in discussion or to vote, is punishable by imprisonment for up to 3 years or a fine.
1 - Aquele que, com violência ou ameaça de violência, impedir algum sócio ou outra pessoa legitimada de tomar parte em assembleia geral de sócios, assembleia especial de acionistas ou assembleia de obrigacionistas, regularmente constituída, ou de nela exercer utilmente os seus direitos de informação, de proposta, de discussão ou de voto, é punido com pena de prisão até 3 anos ou com pena de multa.
2. If the person who prevents participation is, at the time of the act, a member of a management body or supervisory body of the company, the maximum limit of each type of penalty is increased by one third.
2 - Se o autor do impedimento, à data do facto, for membro de órgão de administração ou de fiscalização da sociedade, o limite máximo da pena será, em cada uma das espécies, agravado de um terço.
3. If the person who prevents participation is, at the time of the act, an employee of the company and acted on orders or instructions of any of the members of the management or supervisory bodies, the maximum limit of each type of penalty is reduced by half, and the judge may, having regard to all the circumstances, specially mitigate the penalty.
3 - Se o autor do impedimento for, à data do facto, empregado da sociedade e tiver cumprido ordens ou instruções de algum dos membros dos órgãos de administração ou de fiscalização, o limite máximo da pena será, em cada uma das espécies, reduzido a metade, e o juiz poderá, consideradas todas as circunstâncias, atenuar especialmente a pena.
4. Punishment for preventing participation does not absorb the punishment applicable to the means used to carry it out.
4 - A punição pelo impedimento não consumirá a que couber aos meios empregados para o executar.
The violence or threat requirement, the listed participation rights, the one-third increase for members of management or supervisory bodies, the halving and special mitigation for employees acting on instructions, and the non-absorption rule 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.