Chapter VI · Supplying, rectification and reconstitution of registration

Article 93 Decision on the judicial challenge

Artigo 93.º · Decisão da impugnação judicial

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

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1. Once the case file has been received, the judge shall order the interested parties to be notified to contest, within 10 days, the grounds of the judicial challenge.

1 - Recebido o processo, o juiz ordena a notificação dos interessados para, no prazo de 10 dias, impugnarem os fundamentos da impugnação judicial.

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2. Where no notification is required, or once the time limit referred to in the preceding paragraph has expired, the case file shall be referred to the Public Prosecution Service for examination.

2 - Não havendo lugar a qualquer notificação, ou findo o prazo a que se refere o número anterior, vai o processo com vista ao Ministério Público.

What we checked in this article

The 10-day period for interested parties to contest the grounds and the subsequent referral to the Public Prosecution Service are retained.

Registering an act under Article 93?

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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