Chapter IV · Registration acts

Article 54 Time limit and order of registrations

Artigo 54.º · Prazo e ordem dos registos

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

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1. Registration by transcription is carried out within 10 days and in the order in which filings are noted in the journal, except in cases of urgency and of remedying of deficiencies under Article 52.

1 - O registo por transcrição é efectuado no prazo de 10 dias e pela ordem de anotação no diário, salvo nos casos de urgência e de suprimento de deficiências, nos termos do artigo 52.º

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2. Where the filing party requests urgent processing, the registration must be carried out within a maximum of one working day, and the official may make the registration without following the order of noting, but without prejudice to the dependence between acts.

2 - No caso de o apresentante requerer urgência, o registo deve ser efectuado no prazo máximo de um dia útil, podendo o funcionário proceder à feitura do registo sem subordinação à ordem da anotação, mas sem prejuízo da dependência dos actos.

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3. Registration by filing is mentioned on the record sheet on the same day on which it is requested.

3 - A menção na ficha do registo por depósito é efectuada no próprio dia em que for pedido.

What we checked in this article

The 10-day period, the order of noting, the exceptions for urgency and for remedying deficiencies, the one-working-day urgent period and same-day mention of registrations by filing are retained.

Registering an act under Article 54?

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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