Title VIII · Final and transitional provisions

Article 535 Legal persons on management or supervisory bodies

Artigo 535.º · Pessoas colectivas em órgãos de administração ou fiscalização

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

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Legal persons that, on the date of entry into force of this law, perform functions which this law does not permit them to perform shall cease to perform them at the end of the calendar year following that in which this law enters into force, unless they have ceased to perform them before that date for another reason.

As pessoas colectivas que, à data da entrada em vigor desta lei, exercerem funções que por esta lei não lhes sejam permitidas cessá-las-ão no fim do ano civil seguinte àquele em que esta lei entrar em vigor, se por outro motivo não as tiverem cessado antes daquela data.

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The deadline (end of the calendar year following the entry into force of the law) for legal persons to cease functions no longer permitted to them is 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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