Chapter I · Purpose, effects and defects of registration

Article 11 Presumptions arising from registration

Artigo 11.º · Presunções derivadas do registo

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

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Definitive registration by transcription constitutes a presumption that the legal situation exists, in the precise terms in which it is defined.

O registo por transcrição definitivo constitui presunção de que existe a situação jurídica, nos precisos termos em que é definida.

What we checked in this article

The presumption is confined to definitive registration by transcription and to the legal situation in the precise terms in which it is defined.

Registering an act under Article 11?

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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