1. During the investigation stage of the proceedings, the person against whom the proceedings were instituted is guaranteed a hearing and enjoys all defence safeguards.
1 - Durante a instrução do processo é assegurada a audição da pessoa contra a qual o mesmo foi instaurado, que goza de todas as garantias de defesa.
2. The hearing referred to in the preceding paragraph counts, for all purposes, as the prior hearing of the person concerned.
2 - A audição referida no número anterior vale, para todos os efeitos, como audiência do interessado.
3. The investigating officer must take the steps considered essential to establish the truth and may, by reasoned order, refuse steps requested by the person against whom the proceedings were instituted where the investigating officer considers the facts alleged by that person to be sufficiently proven.
3 - O instrutor deve promover as diligências consideradas essenciais para o apuramento da verdade, podendo recusar, em despacho fundamentado, as requeridas pela pessoa contra a qual foi instaurado o processo, quando julgue suficientemente provados os factos alegados por esta.
4. On completion of the investigation, a report is drawn up in which the investigating officer describes and assesses the facts established and proposes the decision considered appropriate, and the case file is submitted to the authority competent to take the decision.
4 - Concluída a instrução, é elaborado o respectivo relatório, no qual o instrutor faz a descrição e apreciação dos factos apurados, propondo a resolução que considere adequada, e o processo é presente à entidade competente para proferir a decisão.
Check the right to be heard and to full defence guarantees, the hearing’s value as the prior hearing, the investigator’s power to refuse requested steps by reasoned order, and the final report and referral to the deciding authority.
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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.