Chapter IV · Registration acts

Article 64 Entries provisional by nature

Artigo 64.º · Inscrições provisórias por natureza

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

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1. The following entries are provisional by nature:

1 - São provisórias por natureza as seguintes inscrições:

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a) Of the formation of companies, before the articles of association have been executed in the required form;

a) De constituição de sociedades antes de titulado o contrato;

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b) Of the formation of companies that is dependent on a special authorisation, before that authorisation is granted;

b) De constituição de sociedades dependente de alguma autorização especial, antes da concessão desta;

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c) Of the provisional formation of public limited companies with an invitation to public subscription for shares;

c) De constituição provisória de sociedades anónimas com apelo a subscrição pública de acções;

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d) (Repealed.)

d) (Revogada.)

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e) Of a declaration of insolvency or of the dismissal of the petition for it, before the judgment becomes final;

e) De declaração de insolvência ou de indeferimento do respectivo pedido, antes do trânsito em julgado da sentença;

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f) (Repealed.)

f) (Revogada.)

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g) (Repealed.)

g) (Revogada.)

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h) (Repealed.)

h) (Revogada.)

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i) (Repealed.)

i) (Revogada.)

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j) Of a legal transaction entered into by a person acting on another’s behalf without authority (gestor) or by an attorney without sufficient powers, before ratification;

j) De negócio jurídico celebrado por gestor ou por procurador sem poderes suficientes, antes da ratificação;

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l) (Repealed.)

l) (Revogada.)

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m) (Repealed.)

m) (Revogada.)

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n) Of court actions.

n) De acções judiciais.

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2. The following entries are also provisional by nature:

2 - São ainda provisórias por natureza as inscrições:

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a) (Repealed.)

a) (Revogada.)

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b) Those dependent on any provisional registration or incompatible with it;

b) Dependentes de qualquer registo provisório ou que com ele sejam incompatíveis;

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c) Those alleged, in a complaint against the restoration of books and record sheets, to have been omitted;

c) Que, em reclamação contra a reforma de livros e fichas, se alega terem sido omitidas;

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d) Those made while an administrative appeal or judicial challenge against the refusal of the registration is pending, or until the period for bringing it has expired.

d) Efectuadas na pendência de recurso hierárquico ou impugnação judicial da recusa do registo ou enquanto não decorrer o prazo para a sua interposição.

What we checked in this article

The surviving points of paragraph 1 ((a) to (c), (e), (j) and (n)) and of paragraph 2 ((b) to (d)), and the repealed points, are retained with their letters.

Registering an act under Article 64?

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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