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Prescription of absentees' penalties is null; criminal procedure prescription applies until final judgment.

Case Number 9710831
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto allowed the appeal, ruling that penalties for absent defendants lose relevance for prescription purposes in this context. The court determined that the applicable prescription period is that of the criminal procedure itself, which runs until the judgment becomes final and binding. Consequently, the prosecution was not barred by the expiration of the penalty's prescription period.

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PROCESSO DE AUSENTES PRESCRIÇÃO DAS PENAS PRESCRIÇÃO DO PROCEDIMENTO CRIMINAL

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prescription of criminal procedure absent defendants process penalty relevance nullity final judgment requirement Código Penal 1982

Cited Legislation

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Código Penal de 1982, Art. 121, n.º 3

Cited Case Law

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AC RL DE 1991/07/03 IN BMJ N409 PAG864

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 04/21/1997

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00022090

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199711059710831

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 3/86-2S

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T J GUIMARÃES 2J

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/8A72EF008AE4F5F08025686B0066FEFF?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

No domínio do Código Penal de 1982 a pena deixa de ter qualquer relevância no processo de ausentes para efeitos de prescrição, pelo que a prescrição a considerar é a do procedimento criminal, devendo entender-se que a prescrição do procedimento criminal corre até ao trânsito em julgado da sentença.