1. Liability proceedings brought by the company require a resolution of the members adopted by a simple majority and must be brought within six months from that resolution; the members may appoint special representatives to exercise the right to compensation.
1 - A acção de responsabilidade proposta pela sociedade depende de deliberação dos sócios, tomada por simples maioria, e deve ser proposta no prazo de seis meses a contar da referida deliberação; para o exercício do direito de indemnização podem os sócios designar representantes especiais.
2. At a meeting considering the annual accounts, resolutions may be adopted on liability proceedings and on removal from office of managers or directors whom the meeting considers liable, even if those matters are not included in the notice convening the meeting; those managers or directors may not be reappointed while the proceedings are pending.
2 - Na assembleia que aprecie as contas de exercício e embora tais assuntos não constem da convocatória, podem ser tomadas deliberações sobre a acção de responsabilidade e sobre a destituição dos gerentes ou administradores que a assembleia considere responsáveis, os quais não podem voltar a ser designados durante a pendência daquela acção.
3. Persons whose liability is at issue may not vote on the resolutions provided for in the preceding paragraphs.
3 - Aqueles cuja responsabilidade estiver em causa não podem votar nas deliberações previstas nos números anteriores.
Simple majority, six-month filing period, agenda exception and the ban on reappointment while proceedings are pending remain.
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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.