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Civil claim allowed for post-dated cheque damages despite criminal act being decriminalized by new law.

Case Number 0028205
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa annulled the criminal judgment and remanded the case to allow the civil indemnity claim to proceed. Although the act of issuing a post-dated cheque was decriminalized by Law 316/97, the court held that the civil obligation existed at the time the act was committed. The court ruled that the decriminalization does not erase the pre-existing civil liability, aligning with established Supreme Court doctrine.

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CHEQUE SEM PROVISÃO CHEQUE POST-DATADO DESCRIMINALIZAÇÃO RESPONSABILIDADE CIVIL

Keywords

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post-dated cheque decriminalization civil liability temporal validity remission of criminal judgment indemnity claim admissibility legal change retroactivity

Cited Legislation

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DL 316/97 de 1997/11/19 Art. 3 n.º 4
CPP 99 Art. 71
CPP 99 Art. 377 n.º 1
CPP 99 Art. 379 n.º 1
CPP 99 Art. 410 n.º 2, A
CPP 99 Art. 426 n.º 1
DL 454/91 de 1991/12/28 Art. 11 n.º 3
CC 66 Art. 12 n.º 1, 2
CP 98 Art. 13, 14

Cited Case Law

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AC STJ de 1999/06/17
AC STJ de 1999/10/13

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRL00032702

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RL200105150028205

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrl.nsf/33182fc732316039802565fa00497eec/A1B1887EBDB8E05B80256A760047AF3F?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Em caso de inexistência de crime, face à descriminalização dos cheques post-datados, o tribunal deve conhecer do pedido de indemnização cível, uma vez que a a obrigação civil derivou de facto considerado crime ao tempo da sua prática, solução a que não obsta a doutrina do Ac. do Plenário do S.T.J. nº 7/99, de 1999/06/17.