Requirement to issue reasoned decision in the last instance

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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Article 117: Judicialappeals

3. The petition shall specify thefactual and law appeal grounds and shall carry all the evidence elements,including a copy of the assembly record where the irregularity has taken place.

3- A peti??o especificaos fundamentos de facto e de direito do recurso e ser? acompanhada de todos oselementos de prova, incluindo fotoc?pia da acta da assembleia em que airregularidade tiver ocorrido.

Article 118: Competentcourt, procedure and time limits

3. The President ofthe Constitutional Court shall immediately cause the agents of the lists thatare competing in the constituency in question to be notified, so they, thecandidates and the political parties may, if they wish to do so, respondwithin a time limit of twenty-four hours.

4. The Constitutional Court sitting in plenary shall takethe definitive decision on the appeal within the forty-eight hours followingthe end of the time limit mentioned in the previous paragraph, and shallimmediately communicate its decision to the National Electoral Commission.

3- O presidente doTribunal Constitucional manda notificar imediatamente os mandat?rios das listasconcorrentes no c?rculo em causa para que estes, os candidatos e os partidospolíticos respondam, querendo, no prazo de vinte e quatro horas.