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Portuguese court denies retroactive application of unconstitutional customs laws, requiring favorable law only if no constitutional restrictions exist.

Case Number 012076
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Administrative Tribunal rejected the Public Prosecutor's request to apply a previously declared unconstitutional law retroactively in a customs evasion case. The court noted that while the principle of favoring the defendant applies to successive penal codes, it cannot override the constitutional prohibition on applying laws declared unconstitutional unless specific restrictions allow otherwise. Consequently, the court ruled that the invalid law could not be used to benefit the accused despite its prior unconstitutionality.

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DESCAMINHO APLICAÇÃO DA LEI NO TEMPO APLICAÇÃO DA LEI MAIS FAVORAVEL DECLARAÇÃO DE INCONSTITUCIONALIDADE COM FORÇA OBRIGATORIA GERAL

Keywords

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succession of penal laws most favorable law principle declaration of unconstitutionality retroactive application of law customs evasion offenses constitutional restrictions on application favorable law exception

Cited Legislation

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Art. 282 n.º 4 of the Constitution
Art. 41 of the Customs Code
DL 242/86
DL 242/86 DE 1986/12/26 ART24 ART35 N1 A ART41.
DL 187/83
DL 187/83 DE 1983/05/13 ART22 N1 A.
ETAF 84

Cited Case Law

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AC TC of 1988/07/12
AC TC of 1989/06/07
AC STJ of 1988/10/19

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

[LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] CADU41 ART41 ART43. DL 242/86 DE 1986/12/26 ART24 ART35 N1 A ART41. DL 187/83 DE 1983/05/13 ART22 N1 A. CONST89 ART282 N4. ETAF84 ART68 N1 B.

[JURISPRUDENCIA NACIONAL] AC TC DE 1988/07/12 IN DR IIS 1988/07/29. AC TC DE 1989/06/07 IN DR IS 1989/07/03. AC STJ DE 1988/10/19 IN BMJ N380 PAG259.

[1ª PAG. DE PUBLICACAO DO ACORDAO] 156

[ANO DA PUBLICACAO] 91

[APENDICE] DR

[DATA DE ENTRADA] 12/06/1989

[DATA DO APENDICE] 01/15/1993

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00032286

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SA219910320012076

[OBJECTO] SENT TRIBUNAL FISCAL ADUANEIRO.

[PRIVACIDADE] 01

[RECORRENTE] MINISTERIO PUBLICO

[RECORRIDO 1] SOUSA , HERMINIA

[REFERENCIA A DOUTRINA] TAIPA DE CARVALHO SUCESSÃO DE LEIS PENAIS PAG292.

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/97416FF511F13A2F802568FC0037F3F4?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Face a sucessão dos diversos diplomas que no tempo versaram sobre a inflacção aduaneira de descaminho, a aferição do regime mais favoravel não deve ter em conta as leis ja declaradas inconstitucionais, salvo se tal declaração vier acompanhada de restrições que possibilitem a sua vocação.