Materials to accompany an application for registration

Legislative Initiative by Citizens (Law no. 17/2003 of 4 June 2003, last amended by Law no. 52/2017 of 13 July 2017)

Article 6. Requisites

1 ‐ The right of citizens to initiate legislation is exercised by means of the submission to the Assembly of the Republic of Member’s bills subscribed by at least twenty thousand registered electors.

2 ‐ The Member’s bills referred to in the previous paragraph shall be submitted to the President of the Assembly of the Republic in writing, on paper or by electronic means, shall be drawn up in the form of articles and must contain:

a) A name that briefly describes their main object;

b) A justification or explanatory statement, to include a summary description of the initiative, the legislative acts that are to be amended or are related to the initiative, the main consequences of its implementation and the grounds for it, especially the respective social, economic, financial and political reasons;

c) The identity details of all the proposers, on paper or by electronic means, depending on the format in which they are submitted, to comprise the full name, identity card or citizen’s card number, electoral number and date of birth of each subscribing citizen;

d) The identity details of the members who make up the committee representing the subscribing citizens, together with details of a domicile for the committee;

e) A list of the attached documents.

3 ‐ The Assembly of the Republic shall provide an electronic platform that makes it possible to submit legislative initiatives and to receive the items referred to in the previous paragraph.

4 ‐ For the purposes of attaining the number of subscribers provided for in paragraph (1), the documentation may be cumulatively delivered on paper and by means of an electronic platform that ensures fulfilment of the legal requirements.

5 ‐ The Assembly of the Republic may ask the competent departments and services of the Public Administration to use sampling to conduct an administrative verification of the authenticity of the identity details of the subscribers of legislative initiatives.

6 ‐ The Assembly of the Republic shall verify the validity of the electronic mail addresses that shall obligatorily be given by the subscribers who use an electronic platform.

Legal Regime governing Referenda (Law no. 15-A/98 of 3 April 1998, last amended by Organic Law no. 3/2017 of 18 July 2017)

Article 16: Holders of the right

Referenda may result from initiatives that are addressed to the Assembly of the Republic by Portuguese electors who number at least sixty thousand and are properly registered on the electoral roll in Portuguese territory, as well as by citizens referred to in Article 37(2) with regard to the matters provided for therein.

Article 17: Form

1 – Popular initiatives shall be submitted in writing, on paper or by electronic means, shall be addressed to the Assembly of the Republic, and shall contain the signatories’ identity details, to comprise the full name, identity card or citizen’s card number, electoral number and date of birth of each one.

2 – The Assembly of the Republic shall provide an electronic platform that makes it possible to submit popular initiatives and to receive the items referred to in the previous paragraph. […]

Signature of all applicants, their full names, ID numbers and voter card numbers; List of the members of the representative committee of electors, including contact information (address) for the committee; List of all documents submitted (see Article 6 of the Legislative Initiative by Citizens). Note: these requirements are only for Agenda Initiative; there are no such requirements in the case of Citizen's Initiatives (see Articles 16-17 of the Legal Regime governing Referenda)