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Court holds Article 1(3) of Law 29/99 pardons only alternative prison sentences, not fines, unless subsidiary imprisonment is required.

Case Number 0340695
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The court ruled that the pardon provision in Article 1(3) of Law 29/99 applies exclusively to alternative prison sentences, not to fines. The defendant argued for a broader interpretation of the pardon, but the court clarified that the statute only covers cases where the primary sentence was imprisonment served in lieu of a fine. Consequently, the pardon cannot be invoked to avoid a fine unless the defendant is subsequently ordered to serve subsidiary imprisonment after exhausting all fine execution methods.

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PENA DE PRISÃO PENA DE MULTA PENAS EM ALTERNATIVA CUMPRIMENTO PERDÃO DE PENA

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alternative prison sentence fine execution subsidiary imprisonment penal pardon Law 29/99 portuguese criminal law penal execution

Cited Legislation

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Art. 1(3) of Law 29/99 of May 12, 1999
Art. 49 of the Penal Code 1982

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00035968

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP200305280340695

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 4 J CR V N GAIA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/02D0FE447301627A80256DCD004BDF44?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

O preceito do n.3 do artigo 1 da Lei n.29/99, de 12 de Maio, perdoa a pena de prisão fixada em alternativa da multa e não a pena de multa.

Só no caso de o arguido, condenado em pena de multa, ter de cumprir a prisão subsidiária, esgotados que sejam todos os meios de cumprimento da multa, é que será de aplicar o referido perdão.