Chapter I · Purpose, effects and defects of registration

Article 17 Failure to comply with the obligation to register within the time limit

Artigo 17.º · Incumprimento da obrigação de registar dentro do prazo

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

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1. For registration of the facts provided for in Article 15 after the time limits mentioned therein, double the applicable registry fee is payable.

1 - Pelo registo dos factos previstos no artigo 15.º, para além dos prazos aí mencionados, é devido o pagamento em dobro do emolumento aplicável.

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2. The preceding paragraph does not apply to the courts or to the Public Prosecution Service.

2 - O disposto no número anterior não se aplica aos tribunais e ao Ministério Público.

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3. Failure to comply with the obligation to register the filing of accounts prevents the registration of other facts concerning the entity, except for registrations of the appointment and termination of office, for any reason other than the expiry of the term, of members of the management and supervisory bodies, of acts issued by an administrative authority, of the actions, decisions, proceedings and interim measures provided for in Article 9, as well as of the preventive attachment (arresto), inventory attachment (arrolamento), attachment (penhora) and seizure in criminal proceedings of quota interests or rights over them, of other acts or measures affecting their free disposal, and any other registrations to be effected by filing.

3 - O incumprimento da obrigação de registar a prestação de contas obsta ao registo de outros factos sobre a entidade, com exceção dos registos de designação e cessação de funções, por qualquer causa que não seja o decurso do tempo, dos membros dos órgãos de administração e de fiscalização, de atos emanados de autoridade administrativa, das ações, decisões, procedimentos e providências cautelares previstas no artigo 9.º, bem como do arresto, do arrolamento, da penhora e da apreensão em processo penal, de quotas ou direitos sobre elas, outros atos ou providências que afetem a sua livre disposição, e quaisquer outros registos a efetuar por depósito.

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4. (Repealed.)

4 - (Revogado.)

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5. (Repealed.)

5 - (Revogado.)

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6. (Repealed.)

6 - (Revogado.)

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7. (Repealed.)

7 - (Revogado.)

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8. (Repealed.)

8 - (Revogado.)

What we checked in this article

The double registry fee for late registration, its non-application to the courts and the Public Prosecution Service, and the full list of registrations exempted from the bar caused by failure to register the filing of accounts are retained.

Registering an act under Article 17?

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.

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