Chapter VII · Challenges to decisions

Article 104 Judicial challenge following an administrative appeal

Artigo 104.º · Impugnação judicial subsequente a recurso hierárquico

Código do Registo Comercial · Decree-Law No. 403/86 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. Where the administrative appeal has been dismissed, the interested party may still bring a judicial challenge against the decision examining the registration act.

1 - Tendo o recurso hierárquico sido julgado improcedente, o interessado pode ainda impugnar judicialmente a decisão de qualificação do acto de registo.

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2. The judicial challenge shall be brought by filing the application at the competent registry office within 20 days of the date of notification of the decision dismissing the administrative appeal.

2 - A impugnação judicial é proposta mediante apresentação do requerimento na conservatória competente, no prazo de 20 dias a contar da data da notificação da decisão que tiver julgado improcedente o recurso hierárquico.

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3. The file shall be sent to the court within five days, together with the administrative appeal file.

3 - O processo é remetido ao tribunal no prazo de cinco dias, instruído com o de recurso hierárquico.

What we checked in this article

The 20-day period from notification of the dismissal of the administrative appeal and the five-day period for forwarding the file to court are retained.

Registering an act under Article 104?

We file registrations at the commercial registry for foreign-owned companies: incorporations, share transfers, manager changes, capital changes, branches, filing of accounts and closures. In English, fixed fees, with the registry fee shown separately.

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.

Applying the law

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A refused or provisional registration costs weeks. We prepare the documents the registrar expects, file them and follow the application until it is definitive.

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