Chapter VII · Coordination and valuation bodies · Section I · Rural property · Subsection I · Coordination bodies

Article 55 Members of the JAM

Artigo 55.º · Dos membros da JAM

Código do Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis · annex I to Decree-Law No. 287/2003 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. The members of the JAM take part in valuation tasks with impartiality and technical independence.

1 - Os membros da JAM colaboram nas tarefas de avaliação com imparcialidade e independência técnica.

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2. Officials of other public services appointed to the JAM, although functionally subordinate to the DGCI, are not subject to its disciplinary jurisdiction; the DGCI must report any infringements they commit to the departments on which they depend, without prejudice to its dispensing with their services whenever it sees fit, on the basis of a reasoned decision.

2 - Os funcionários de outros serviços públicos nomeados para a JAM, embora funcionalmente subordinados à DGCI, não ficam submetidos à sua jurisdição disciplinar, competindo a esta participar aos departamentos de que os funcionários dependam as infracções por eles praticadas, sem embargo de lhes dispensar os serviços quando o entender, com base em decisão fundamentada.

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3. Members of the JAM who are not officials of the DGCI or of public services are, in respect of acts performed in that capacity, subordinate to that Directorate-General, which may apply the measures it considers necessary, including exclusion.

3 - Os membros da JAM que não sejam funcionários da DGCI ou de serviços públicos ficam, pelos actos que nessa qualidade pratiquem, subordinados à referida Direcção-Geral, a qual pode aplicar as medidas julgadas necessárias, incluindo a de exclusão.

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4. With the exception of the chair, the members of the JAM are deemed to be domiciled in the place where the JAM has its seat.

4 - Com excepção do presidente, os membros da JAM consideram-se domiciliados no local onde esta tiver a sede.

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The disciplinary position of public officials and of other members of the JAM, and the deemed domicile of members other than the chair, are retained.

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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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