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Bank secrecy is not absolute and must yield to the constitutional right of access to justice.

Case Number 00123417
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa dismissed the appeal regarding a request to access bank records. The court held that while bank secrecy and access to justice are both constitutionally protected, the latter prevails when the general interest requires judicial administration of the case. Consequently, the restriction on bank secrecy was found to be justified by the necessity of ensuring the proper functioning of the judicial process.

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SIGILO BANCÁRIO ACESSO AO DIREITO

Keywords

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bank secrecy access to justice constitutional rights judicial administration general interest procedural law constitutional supremacy

Cited Legislation

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CPC art. 266 n.º 4
CRP art. 202 n.º 1
CRP art. 202 n.º 2
CRP art. 205 n.º 2
DL 298/92 art. 78
DL 298/92 art. 79

Cited Case Law

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AC STJ DE 21/03/2000
AC RL DE 14/11/2000
AC RL DE 04/01/2001

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRL00040047

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RL2002030500123417

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrl.nsf/33182fc732316039802565fa00497eec/2BAEADF7DAD703C980256BA70032AE48?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - O sigilo bancário não é um direito absoluto.

II - Daí que deve ceder perante o direito de acesso à Justiça e o dever que lhe é inerente - o de ser administrada pelos Tribunais.

III - É que, estando em causa dois valores, ambos constitucionalmente consagrados, deve sempre prevalecer aquele que tem em vista a salvaguarda do interesse geral face a interesses meramente particulares.