Chapter III · Registration procedure

Article 29-A Registration of facts relating to holdings and their holders to be requested by the company

Artigo 29.º-A · Registo de factos relativos a participações sociais e respectivos titulares a promover pela sociedade

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

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1. Where the company does not request registration under paragraph 5 of the preceding article, any person may ask the registry office itself to arrange the registration by filing of facts relating to holdings and their holders.

1 - No caso de a sociedade não promover o registo, nos termos do n.º 5 do artigo anterior, qualquer pessoa pode solicitar junto da conservatória que esta promova o registo por depósito de factos relativos a participações sociais e respectivos titulares.

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2. In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, the registry office shall notify the company to request the registration within 10 days, failing which the registry office shall carry out the registration in accordance with the following paragraph.

2 - No caso previsto no número anterior, a conservatória notifica a sociedade para que esta, no prazo de 10 dias, promova o registo sob pena de, não o fazendo, a conservatória proceder ao registo, nos termos do número seguinte.

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3. If, within the same period, the company neither requests the registration nor objects to it, the registry office shall register the fact, archive the documents that have been delivered and send a copy of them to the company.

3 - Se a sociedade não promover o registo nem se opuser, no mesmo prazo, a conservatória regista o facto, arquiva os documentos que tiverem sido entregues e envia cópia dos mesmos à sociedade.

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4. The company’s objection shall be assessed by the registrar, after hearing the interested parties.

4 - A oposição da sociedade deve ser apreciada pelo conservador, ouvidos os interessados.

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5. If the registrar decides to carry out the registration, the company shall pay the applicant the amounts paid by the applicant as registry fees and other charges and, if the registrar rejects the request, the applicant shall pay the company the amounts paid by the company as registry fees and other charges.

5 - Se o conservador decidir promover o registo, a sociedade deve entregar ao requerente as quantias por este pagas a título de emolumentos e outros encargos e, no caso de o conservador indeferir o pedido, deve este entregar à sociedade as quantias por esta pagas a título de emolumentos e outros encargos.

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6. The registrar’s decision to reject the request or to carry out the registration is subject to appeal under Articles 101 et seq.

6 - A decisão do conservador de indeferir o pedido ou proceder ao registo é recorrível nos termos dos artigos 101.º e seguintes.

What we checked in this article

The request by any person, the 10-day period for the company to register or object, the registrar's decision after hearing interested parties, the reimbursement of registry fees and charges, and the appeal under Articles 101 et seq. are retained.

Registering an act under Article 29-A?

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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