Chapter IX · Criminal provisions

Article 191 Transmission of judgments

Artigo 191.º · Remessa de sentenças

Lei n.º 23/2007, de 4 de julho (Lei de Estrangeiros) · consolidated text, as amended by Law No. 62/2026, checked 26 October 2026

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The courts shall send to the National Republican Guard (GNR), the PSP, the Criminal Police (PJ) and the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA), as quickly as possible and in electronic format:

Os tribunais enviam à GNR, à PSP, à PJ e à AIMA, I. P., com a maior brevidade e em formato eletrónico:

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a) Certificates of convictions handed down in criminal proceedings against foreign nationals;

a) Certidões de decisões condenatórias proferidas em processo crime contra cidadãos estrangeiros;

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b) Certificates of decisions handed down in proceedings brought for the crimes of aiding illegal immigration and recruitment of illegal labour;

b) Certidões de decisões proferidas em processos instaurados pela prática de crimes de auxílio à imigração ilegal e de angariação de mão-de-obra ilegal;

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c) Certificates of decisions handed down in expulsion proceedings;

c) Certidões de decisões proferidas em processos de expulsão;

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d) Certificates of decisions handed down in extradition proceedings concerning foreign nationals.

d) Certidões de decisões proferidas em processos de extradição referentes a cidadãos estrangeiros.

What we checked in this article

Verify the four recipient bodies (GNR, PSP, PJ and AIMA), the electronic format requirement and the four categories of decisions in points (a) to (d).

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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.

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