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Criminal procedure prescription for transgressions begins at the act, not the accusation in court.

Case Number 00193
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa ruled that the criminal prescription period for transgressions starts from the commission of the act itself. The prosecution argued that the timeline should begin only when the accusation was formally presented in court. The court rejected this, establishing that the prescription clock runs continuously from the initial act until the process concludes.

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TRANSGRESSÃO ACUSAÇÃO AUTO DE NOTÍCIA FÉ EM JUÍZO PRESCRIÇÃO DO PROCEDIMENTO CRIMINAL

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criminal procedure prescription transgressions timeline accusation in court prescription commencement criminal process duration

Cited Legislation

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CP Art. 125, n.º 2
DL 400/82 Art. 6, n.º 1
DL 184/72 Art. 1, n.º 1
DL 17/91 Art. 1, n.º 1
DL 108/78 Art. 8, n.º 1

Cited Case Law

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AC RC DE 1980/03/25 IN CJ ANOV T2 PAG70

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRL00031078

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RL2001031400193

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrl.nsf/33182fc732316039802565fa00497eec/9F173AF77BA7FDF080256A64002F8F0C?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

A prescrição do procedimento criminal, quanto a transgressões, conta-se a partir da prática do facto, não correndo a partir da acusação em juízo e enquanto pender o processo.