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STJ holds accelerated rent update under DL 330/81 Art. 4(4) means double the decimal part of the index.

Case Number 01B339
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted

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The Supreme Court of Justice unanimously upheld the tenant's request for accelerated rent review based on the specific interpretation of Article 4(4) of Decree-Law 330/81. The court clarified that the term 'accelerated update' requires doubling only the decimal portion of the official index, not the entire figure. This ruling ensures consistent application of the statutory formula for rent adjustments in lease agreements.

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Official

ARRENDAMENTO ACTUALIZAÇÃO DE RENDA

Keywords

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accelerated rent update Decree-Law 330/81 lease agreement review decimal index doubling tenant rent adjustment

Cited Legislation

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DL 330/81 de 1981-12-04, Art. 4, n.º 4
DL 392/82 de 1982-12-18

Cited Case Law

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STJ Acórdão de 1998-01-14, BMJ n.º 473, p. 461

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00041094

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ200103080003381

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 654/98

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T REL PORTO

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/ADE2CE5F0812CD1E80256B050058F752?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Quando no n. 4 do artigo 4 do DL 330/81 de 4 de Dezembro, com a redacção dada pelo DL 392/82 de 18 de Dezembro, se fala em "actualização acelerada (da renda), que terá por base um coeficiente igual ao dobro do previsto no artigo 2, tem-se em vista o dobro da parte decimal do índice fixado na Portaria publicada anualmente.