Chapter VI · Supplying, rectification and reconstitution of registration

Article 82 Initiative

Artigo 82.º · Iniciativa

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

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1. Inaccurate registrations and improperly made registrations must be rectified on the initiative of the registrar as soon as the registrar becomes aware of the irregularity, or at the request of any interested party, even if not registered.

1 - Os registos inexactos e os registos indevidamente lavrados devem ser rectificados por iniciativa do conservador, logo que tome conhecimento da irregularidade, ou a pedido de qualquer interessado, ainda que não inscrito.

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2. Improperly made registrations that are void under Article 22(1)(b) and (d) may be cancelled with the consent of the interested parties or in execution of a decision taken in this procedure.

2 - Os registos indevidamente efectuados que sejam nulos nos termos das alíneas b) e d) do n.º 1 do artigo 22.º podem ser cancelados com o consentimento dos interessados ou em execução de decisão tomada neste processo.

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3. Rectification of a registration is, as a rule, made by annotation, to be entered at the end of the special procedure provided for that purpose in this Code.

3 - A rectificação do registo é feita, em regra, por averbamento, a lavrar no termo do processo especial para esse efeito previsto neste Código.

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4. (Repealed.)

4 - (Revogado).

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5. Registrations entered on a record sheet other than the one on which they should have been made are transcribed ex officio onto the corresponding record sheet, and a note is made on the erroneous registration that it has been rendered void, indicating the record sheet onto which it was transcribed.

5 - Os registos lançados em ficha distinta daquela em que deviam ter sido lavrados são oficiosamente transcritos na ficha que lhes corresponda, anotando-se ao registo errado a sua inutilização e a indicação da ficha em que foi transcrito.

What we checked in this article

Rectification by the registrar's own initiative or at the request of any interested party (even if not registered), cancellation of registrations void under Article 22(1)(b) and (d), rectification as a rule by annotation, repealed paragraph 4 and ex officio transcription of entries made on the wrong record sheet are retained.

Registering an act under Article 82?

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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