Appeal against non-admissible Constitutional Court decision is treated as a proper appeal by a Section.

The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa allowed the appeal against a Constitutional Court decision that had previously rejected the admissibility of a claim. The appellant argued that the form of challenge to a non-admissible decision should be a proper appeal rather than a traditional 'reclamação'. The court held that despite the statutory terminology, the procedural nature of the challenge requires it to be judged by a Section of the Tribunal Constitucional.