First instance body dealing with electoral disputes

Decree-Law nr. 319A/76of May, 3^rd. 1976

(With the amendments made by the following legislative acts:

Rectificationpublished in the Republic Diary, 1^st Series, of June 7^th1976 (rectified by the Declaration published in the Republic Diary, 1^stSeries, supplement, of June 30^th 1976); Decree-Laws nr. 377-A/76 ofMay 19^th 1976, 445-A/76 of June 4^th 1976, 456-A/76 ofJune 8^th 1976, 472-A/76 of June 15^th 1976, 472-B/76 ofJune 15^th 1976, and 495-A/76 of June 24^th 1976; Law nr143/85 of November 26^th 1985 (rectified by the Declaration publishedin the RD, 1^st Series, of December 6^th 1985); Decree-Lawnr 55/88 of February 26^th 1988; Laws nr. 31/91 of July 20^th1991, 72/93 of November 30^th 1993, 11/95 of April 22^nd1995, 35/95 of August 18^th 1995, and 110/97 of September 16^th1997; and, Organic Laws nr 3/2000 of August 24^th 2000, 2/2001 ofAugust 25^th 2001, 4/2005 of September 8^th 2005, 5/2005 ofSeptember 8^th 2005, 3/2010 of December 15^th 2010, and1/2011 of November 30^th 2011.)

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Section I: Partialcounting

Article 92: Votes counting

4. The lists delegates shall have the right to examine the separate lotsof voting ballots, without changing their composition. If they wish to submitor infer complaints about the counting or about the qualification given to thevote of any ballot, they should do so before the president [of the pollingstation] and, if these are not attended, they have the right to rubricatethe issued voting ballot along with the president.

4- Os delegados das candidaturaster?o o direito de examinar depois os lotes dos boletins de voto separados, semalterar a sua composi??o. Se entenderem dever suscitar ou deduzir reclama??esquanto ? contagem ou quanto ? qualifica??o dada ao voto de qualquer boletim,produzi-las-?o perante o presidente e, neste ?ltimo caso, se n?o forematendidas, ter?o direito de, juntamente com o presidente, rubricar o boletim devoto em causa.

Section II. District counting

Article 98. District counting assembly

4. Candidates andlist agents may attend to the operations of the district countingassembly, without voting, but with the right to complain, protest orcounter-protest.

4- Os candidatos e os mandat?riosdas candidaturas poder?o assistir, sem voto, mas com direito de reclama??o,protesto ou contraprotesto, aos trabalhos da assembleia de apuramentodistrital.

Article 100: Preliminary operation

At the beginning of its operations, the counting assembly shall decideif the voting ballots which are under complaint or protest should be counted ornot, correcting, if necessary, the counting of the corresponding pollingstation.

No in?cio dos seus trabalhos, aassembleia de apuramento deve decidir se devem ou n?o contar-se os boletins devoto sobre os quais tenha reca?do reclama??o ou protesto, corrigindo, se forcaso disso, o apuramento da respectiva assembleia de voto.

Section III. Generalcounting

Article 106. Generalcounting assembly

3. Candidates and list agents may attend to the operations of the generalcounting assembly, without voting, but with the right to complain, protestor counter-protest.

President of the polling station orpolling section (Partial counting)

District Counting Assembly (DistrictCounting)