Number of levels of adjudication

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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Time

Article 20. Complaints

1. Candidatesor their agents may complaint about the president-judge decisions on thesubmission of candidacies before the very same president-judge within a timelimit of twenty-four hours after the decision notification.

2.. The president-judge should decide within a time limit oftwenty-four hours.

3. When there are no complaints, or after the decision on thelodged ones, the president-judge shall cause a complete relation of all theadmitted candidacies to be affixed to the Court door.

1- Das decis?es do juiz-presidenterelativas ? apresenta??o de candidaturas poder?o, at? vinte e quatro horas ap?sa notifica??o da decis?o, reclamar para o pr?prio juiz presidente os candidatosou os seus mandat?rios.

2- O juiz-presidente dever?decidir no prazo de vinte e quatro horas.

3- Quando n?o haja reclama??es oudecididas as que tenham sido apresentadas, o juiz-presidente mandar? afixar ?porta do edif?cio do Tribunal uma rela??o completa de todas as candidaturasadmitidas

Article 25. Appeals before the Full Court

2.The appeal must be lodged within a time limit of twenty-four hours,after the day of candidacies affixation mentioned in the nr 3 of the article20.

2- O recurso deve ser interposto no prazo de vinte e quatro horas, a contarda afixa??o das candidaturas a que se refere o n? 3 do artigo 20?.

Article 28: Decision

The Supreme Court of Justice [substitutedby the Constitutional Court in 1982, in accordance with a footnote included inthe legislation itself] sitting in plenary shall takethe definitive decision within a time limit of twenty-four hours.

O Supremo Tribunal de Justi?a, em plen?rio, decidir?definitivamente, no prazo de vinte e quatro horas.

Levels

Article 20. Complaints

1. Candidatesor their agents may complaint about the president-judge decisions on thesubmission of candidacies before the very same president-judge within atime limit of twenty-four hours after the decision notification.

1- Das decis?es do juiz-presidenterelativas ? apresenta??o de candidaturas poder?o, at? vinte e quatro horas ap?sa notifica??o da decis?o, reclamar para o pr?prio juiz presidente os candidatosou os seus mandat?rios.

Article 25. Appeals before the Full Court

1.The final president-judge decisions about the submission of candidacies may beappealed before the Full Court.

1- Das decis?esfinais do juiz-presidente e relativas ? apresenta??o de candidaturas caberecurso para o tribunal pleno.

Article 28: Decision

The Supreme Court of Justice [substitutedby the Constitutional Court in 1982, in accordance with a footnote inthe legislation itself] sitting in plenary shall takethe definitive decision within a time limit of twenty-four hours.

O Supremo Tribunal de Justi?a, em plen?rio, decidir?definitivamente, no prazo de vinte e quatro horas.

President-judge of the Constitutional Court

(Complaint reception and decision)

(art 20 nr 1)

Full Constitutional Court

(Appeal reception)

(art 25 nr 1)

and

(Appeal decision)

(art 28)