Chapter III · Registration procedure

Article 49 Provisional registration for doubts

Artigo 49.º · Registo provisório por dúvidas

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

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If the deficiencies in the registration process are not remedied under Article 52, registration by transcription must be made provisionally for doubts where there are reasons preventing registration of the act as requested that do not constitute grounds for refusal.

Se as deficiências do processo de registo não forem sanadas nos termos do artigo 52.º, o registo por transcrição deve ser feito provisoriamente por dúvidas quando existam motivos que obstem ao registo do acto tal como é pedido que não sejam fundamento de recusa.

What we checked in this article

The precondition that deficiencies were not remedied under Article 52 and the limitation to obstacles that are not grounds for refusal are retained.

Registering an act under Article 49?

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

Registry work in Portugal, done right the first time

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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