Chapter III · Registration procedure

Article 44 Cancellation of provisional registration

Artigo 44.º · Cancelamento do registo provisório

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

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1. Provisional registrations for doubts are cancelled on the basis of a declaration by their holder.

1 - O cancelamento dos registos provisórios por dúvidas é feito com base em declaração do respectivo titular.

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2. The declarant’s signature must be certified in person if it is not made in the presence of the official of the registry office competent for the registration.

2 - A assinatura do declarante deve ser reconhecida presencialmente, se não for feita na presença do funcionário da conservatória competente para o registo.

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3. Where there are registrations dependent on the registrations referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, the consent of their holders is also required, given in a declaration with the same formality.

3 - No caso de existirem registos dependentes dos registos referidos no n.º 1 deste artigo, é igualmente necessário o consentimento dos respectivos titulares, prestado em declaração com idêntica formalidade.

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4. The provisional registration of an action or of interim proceedings is cancelled on the basis of a certificate of the final decision that dismisses the claim against the defendant on the merits or dismisses the proceedings without a decision on the merits, declares the proceedings extinguished or declares them interrupted, if the registry office is unable to access the necessary information by electronic means.

4 - O cancelamento do registo provisório de acção e de procedimento cautelar é feito com base em certidão da decisão transitada em julgado que absolva o réu do pedido ou da instância, a julgue extinta ou a declare interrompida, se o serviço de registo não conseguir aceder à informação necessária por meios electrónicos.

What we checked in this article

The holder's declaration, in-person signature certification, the consent of holders of dependent registrations and the court decisions listed in paragraph 4 are retained.

Registering an act under Article 44?

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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