Chapter IV · Registration acts

Article 59 Archiving of documents

Artigo 59.º · Arquivo de documentos

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

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1. The documents on which a registration made by transcription is based must be archived.

1 - Os documentos que servem de base ao registo lavrado por transcrição são obrigatoriamente arquivados.

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2. For each amendment to the articles of association, updated and complete versions of the text of the amended articles of association and of the list of holders of the holdings in the company, with their identification details, must be submitted for archiving.

2 - Relativamente a cada alteração do contrato de sociedade devem ser apresentadas, para arquivo, versões atualizadas e completas do texto do contrato alterado e da lista dos titulares das participações sociais, com os respetivos dados de identificação.

What we checked in this article

The mandatory archiving of supporting documents and the obligation to submit updated full texts of the articles of association and of the list of holders, with identification details, on each amendment are retained.

Registering an act under Article 59?

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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