Maximum complaint time since occurrence or discovery

Law nr. 14/79 of May,16^th. 1979

(With the amendments made by the following legislative acts:

Declarations of August 17^th. 1979 and October 10^th.1979; Decree-Law nr. 400/82 of September 23^rd. 1982; Law nr. 14-A/85of July 10^th. 1985; Decree-Law nr 55/88 of February 26^th.1988; Laws nr. 5/89 of March 17^th. 1989, 18/90 of July 24^th.1990, 31/91 of July 20^th. 1991, 55/91 of August 10^th.1991, 72/93 of November 30^th. 1993, 10/95 of April 7^th.1995, 35/95 of August 18^th. 1995; and Organic Laws nr. 1/99 of June22^nd. 1999, 2/2001 of August 25^th. 2001, 3/2010 ofDecember 15^th. 2010, and 1/2011 of November 30^th. 2011.)

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Section I: Partialcounting

Article 102: Votescounting

4. The lists delegates shall have the right to examine the separate lotsof voting ballots, without changing their composition, and, in case they havedoubts or objections about the counting or the qualification given to the voteof any ballot, have the right to ask for clarifications or to submit complaintsor protests before the president [of the polling station].

5. If the complaint or protest are not taken into consideration by thepolling station, the voting ballots under complaints or protest are separated,annotated on the reverse, with an indication of the qualification given by thestation and of the complaint or protest grounds, and rubricated by thepresident and by the list delegate if he/she wishes to do so.

4 — Os delegados das listas t?m odireito de examinar, depois, os lotes dos boletins de voto separados, semalterar a sua composi??o, e, no caso de terem d?vidas ou objec??es em rela??o ?contagem ou ? qualifica??o dada ao voto de qualquer boletim, t?m o direito desolicitar esclarecimentos ou apresentar reclama??es ou protestos perante opresidente.

5- Se a reclama??o ou proteston?o forem atendidos pela mesa, os boletins de voto reclamados ou protestadoss?o separados, anotados no verso, com a indica??o da qualifica??o dada pelamesa e do objecto da reclama??o ou do protesto e rubricados pelo presidente e,se o desejar, pelo delegado da lista.

Section II: General counting

Article 107: General counting of theConstituency

Thecounting of election results in each constituency and the announcement ofelected candidates is a responsibility of a general counting assembly, which startsits operations at 9:00 am of the 2^nd. day after the election, ina location that its president designates for the purpose.

O apuramento dos resultados daelei??o em cada c?rculo eleitoral e a proclama??o dos candidatos eleitoscompetem a uma assembleia de apuramento geral, que inicia os seus trabalhos ?s9 horas do 2? dia posterior ao da elei??o, no local para o efeito designadopelo presidente da assembleia de apuramento geral.

Article 110: Preliminaryoperation

1. At the beginning of its operations, the counting assembly shall decideabout the ballots about which there have been complaints or protests,correcting, if necessary, the counting of the corresponding polling station.

Complaints are submitted during the partial counting, which takesplace after the end of voting.