Administrative court holds tax law inapplicable to mere social order contraventions in Portugal.
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AI generatedThe Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the jurisdictional appeal filed by the Public Treasury against a contraventional penalty imposed on Gelima-Frigoríficos de Viana SA. The court determined that the specific tax law cited by the Public Treasury does not govern acts classified merely as social order contraventions. Consequently, the court ruled that the tax provisions were inapplicable to the specific nature of the alleged offense.
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OfficialILÍCITO DE MERA ORDENAÇÃO SOCIAL. LEI TRIBUTÁRIA.
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[AREA TEMATICA 1] DIR FISC. [LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] L 51-A/96 DE 1996/12/09. [DATA DE ENTRADA] 09/20/2000 [Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00054741 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SA220001025025445 [OBJECTO] SENT TT1INST DE VIANA DO CASTELO. [RECORRENTE] FAZENDA PÚBLICA [RECORRIDO 1] GELIMA-FRIGORÍFICOS DE VIANA SA [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/DCFE875F609343F0802569F50040246B?OpenDocument
SUMÁRIO A Lei 51-A/96, de 9/12, não é aplicável ao ilícito contra-ordenacional.