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Portuguese court held customs fiscal crimes fall under administrative jurisdiction, not judicial courts, per specific decree laws.

Case Number 000138
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Administrative Tribunal declared itself incompetent to hear all customs fiscal crimes, ruling that such matters belong exclusively to administrative bodies. The Public Prosecutor challenged the 2nd Section's jurisdiction, arguing judicial courts should handle all criminal offenses. The court decided that the specific decree laws explicitly assigned customs fiscal crimes to administrative jurisdiction, thereby excluding judicial courts from these cases.

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DELITO ADUANEIRO CONFLITO DE JURISDIÇÃO COMPETENCIA DOS TRIBUNAIS JUDICIAIS

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customs fiscal crimes administrative jurisdiction judicial incompetence Portuguese law conflict of jurisdiction

Cited Legislation

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Decreto-Lei n. 173-A/78
O Supremo Tribunal Administrativo, 2 Secção, e incompetente em razão da materia, para conhecer de todos e quaisquer delitos fiscais aduaneiros, depois da entrada em vigor do Decreto-Lei n. 173-A/78 de
Decreto-Lei n. 699/73
Código de Processo Civil
Constituição da República Portuguesa

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[AREA TEMATICA 1] DIR PROC ADUAN CONT - PROC FISC.

[LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] CADU41 ART55 ART56. LOSTA56 ART24 N1. DL 699/73 DE 1973/12/28 ART1 N2. DL 173-A/78 DE 1978/07/08 ART8 ART13 N1 ART15. CPC67 ART63 N2. LOTJ77 ART2 N1 ART18 ART92 N2. CONST76 ART32 N7.

[1ª PAG. DE PUBLICACAO DO ACORDAO] 4

[ANO DA PUBLICACAO] 82

[APENDICE] DR

[DATA DO APENDICE] 10/10/1985

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00029644

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SAC19820114000138

[OBJECTO] NEGATIVO JURISDIÇÃO STA - RL.

[PRIVACIDADE] 01

[RECORRENTE] MINISTERIO PUBLICO

[RECORRIDO 1] 2 SECÇÃO DO STA - RL

[REFERENCIA A DOUTRINA] ALBERTO DOS REIS COMPLEMENTO AO CODIGO DE PROCESSO CIVIL VI PAG115.

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jcon.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/424E62B5FF5AFAB58025713B003B59A7?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

O Supremo Tribunal Administrativo, 2 Secção, e incompetente em razão da materia, para conhecer de todos e quaisquer delitos fiscais aduaneiros, depois da entrada em vigor do Decreto-Lei n. 173-A/78 de

8 de Julho.*