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 34: Appeal lodge  

1.The request to lodge the appeal, which must include its arguments,shall be delivered in the court which took the appealed decision, and shall carry all theevidence elements.

2. If it is an appeal against theadmission of any candidacy, the appealed court shall immediately cause the agents of the correspondent list to be notified, sothey, the candidates or the proposing political parties may, if they wish todo so, respond within a time limit of twenty-four hours.

3.If it is an appeal against the non-admission of any candidacy, the appealedcourt shall immediately cause the entity which has contested its admission inaccordance with the article 30, if there is one, to be notified, so it may,if it wishes to do so, respond within a time limit of twenty-four hours.

1- O requerimento deinterposi??o de recurso, do qual devem constar os seus fundamentos, ? entregueno tribunal que proferiu a decis?o recorrida, acompanhado de todos os elementosde prova.

2- Tratando-se derecurso contra a admiss?o de qualquer candidatura, o tribunal recorrido mandanotificar imediatamente o mandat?rio da respectiva lista, para este, oscandidatos ou os partidos políticos proponentes responderem, querendo, no prazode vinte e quatro horas.

3- Tratando-se derecurso contra a n?o admiss?o de qualquer candidatura, o tribunal recorridomanda notificar imediatamente a entidade que tiver impugnado a sua admiss?o nostermos do artigo 30?, se a houver, para responder, querendo, no prazo de vintee quatro horas.

Article 35: Decision

1. The Constitutional Court sitting in plenary shall takethe definitive decision on the appeal within a time limit of forty-eight hoursfollowing the reception of the court file mentioned in the previous article,and shall communicate its decision to the judge on the same day.