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Merchant held liable for contraband in possession despite claiming unknown third-party custody and lack of knowledge.

Case Number 004303
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The court dismissed the merchant's appeal, ruling that he remained responsible for the contraband goods found in his establishment. Although the merchant argued the items were stored by an unknown person while he was absent and that he had no knowledge of their receipt, the court found his possession sufficient to establish liability. Consequently, the court applied Article 77 of the Customs Contencious Law to hold the merchant accountable for the unregistered watches.

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CONTRABANDO MERCADORIA APREENDIDA PROVA DA ORIGEM DE MERCADORIA

Keywords

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merchant liability contraband possession customs contencious law unknown third party lack of knowledge defense

Cited Legislation

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Article 77 of the Customs Contencious Law

Cited Case Law

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AC STA PROC3721 DE 1962/01/24
[JURISPRUDENCIA NACIONAL] AC STA PROC3721 DE 1962/01/24.
AC STA PROC3578 DE 1962/01/17
AC STA PROC3578 DE 1962/01/17.

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[AREA TEMATICA 1] DIR PROC ADUAN CONT - PROC FISC. [LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] CADU41 ART77 PARUNICO. [JURISPRUDENCIA NACIONAL] AC STA PROC3721 DE 1962/01/24. AC STA PROC3578 DE 1962/01/17. [ANO DA PUBLICACAO] 1971 [Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00019432 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SA419670201004303 [Nº DO VOLUME] XXVI [OBJECTO] SENT AUDITORIA FISCAL PORTO. [PAGINA] 1 [PRIVACIDADE] 01 [RECORRENTE] ALVES , ALFREDO [RECORRIDO 1] FAZENDA NACIONAL [REFERENCIA PUBLICACAO 1] AD N65 ANOVI PAG910 [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/5F19EC79AB6BDF4D802568FC00374D95?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

E responsavel como autor do delito de contrabando o comerciante que detem no seu estabelecimento, portanto na sua posse, relogios indocumentados ( artigo 77 do Contencioso Aduaneiro ), embora alegue que foram postos ali a guardar por pessoa desconhecida, e na sua ausencia, por lhe não ter sido dado conhecimento do facto por quem alega te-los recebido com destino ao mesmo arguido e desconhecido do recebedor.