Legislator Case Law & Legislation
DE FR IT EN
Analyze in Legislator
044049 AI generated

Portuguese court holds that the 1991 decree did not create a new crime, so no temporal law application issue arises.

Case Number 044049
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted
Open official source Machine-readable Markdown (.md)

Legislator summary

AI generated

The Supreme Court of Justice ruled unanimously that the specific provision in the 1991 Decree-Law did not establish a new offense for issuing an unpaid check. Consequently, the court determined that no question of applying the penal code in time existed regarding this matter. The decision clarifies that the legal framework remained consistent, preventing any retroactive criminal liability based on the alleged new crime.

Legislator headnote

Official

CHEQUE SEM PROVISÃO APLICAÇÃO DA LEI PENAL NO TEMPO

Keywords

AI generated
unpaid check crime temporal law application new criminal offense retroactive liability penal code validity

Cited Legislation

AI generated
Art. 11(1)(a) of Decree-Law 454/91

Need to analyze how this precedent applies to your matter?

Cross-reference this judgment against statutes, commentaries, and subsequent citing case law inside Legislator AI.

Open in Legislator →

Full text

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00022313 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199403090440493 [PRIVACIDADE] 1 [PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 28353/92 [TEXTO INTEGRAL] N [TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T REL LISBOA [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/39000DF8136C4BC2802568FC003AD99F?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO A alínea a) do n. 1 do artigo 11 do Decreto-Lei 454/91 de

28 de Dezembro não criou novo tipo de crime de emissão de cheque sem provisão. Logo, a esse respeito, não se pode pôr um problema de aplicação da Lei penal no tempo.