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Constitutional Court dismisses appeal after declaring specific administrative norm unconstitutional in prior ruling.

Case Number 264/91
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Dismissed
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The Constitutional Court denied the appeal filed by the Public Prosecutor against a judge's refusal to apply a specific administrative norm. Although the judge initially rejected the norm's application, the Court had previously declared that same norm unconstitutional in a binding decision. Consequently, the Court dismissed the appeal by applying the prior declaration of unconstitutionality to the current case.

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Art. 223.º da Constituição da República Portuguesa; Art. 224.º da Lei Orgânica do Tribunal Constitucional: When a norm is declared unconstitutional with general binding force, any appeal challenging the application of that norm must be dismissed.

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declaration of unconstitutionality general binding force constitutional review administrative norm dismissal of appeal precedent effect judicial application

Cited Legislation

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Art. 223.º da Constituição da República Portuguesa
Art. 224.º da Lei Orgânica do Tribunal Constitucional

Cited Case Law

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Acórdão n.º 61/91
Entretanto, este Tribunal, pelo Acórdão n.º 61/91 (publicado no Diário da República, I Série-A, de 1 de Abril de 1991) declarou, com força obrigatória geral, a inconstitu­cionalidade da referida norma.
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Constitutional court dismisses appeal after declaring the challenged administrative norm unconstitutional by general force. The court rejects the appeal because the norm was already declared unconstitutional with general binding force. The court applies the principle that a norm declared unconstitutional with general binding force cannot be applied. The court rules that the norm is void and the appeal must be rejected. The court holds that the norm is inapplicable due to its prior unconstitutional declaration. The court concludes that the appeal is inadmissible because the norm is already void. The court affirms that the norm cannot be applied after its unconstitutional declaration. The court states that the norm is invalid and the appeal must fail. The court determines that the norm is unenforceable due to its constitutional violation. The court finds that the norm is legally ineffective and the appeal is rejected.

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ACÓRDÃO N

ACÓRDÃO N.º 223/91

Processo n.º 264/91

2ª Secção

Relator: Conselheiro Alves Correia

Acordam na 2.ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:

Nestes autos, em, que é recorrente o Ministério Público e recorrido A., o M.mo Juiz a quo recusou aplicação a norma constante da alínea b) do n.º 3 da Portaria n.º 760/85, de 4 de Outubro.

Desta decisão foi interposto recurso para o Tribunal Constitucional.

Entretanto, este Tribunal, pelo Acórdão n.º 61/91 (publicado no Diário da República, I Série-A, de 1 de Abril de 1991) declarou, com força obrigatória geral, a inconstitu­cionalidade da referida norma.

Nestes termos, e em aplicação da mencionada declaração de inconstitucionalidade, decide-se negar provimento ao recurso.

Lisboa, 23 de Maio de 1991.

Fernando Alves Correia

Messias Bento

José de Sousa e Brito

Luís Nunes de Almeida

Bravo Serra

Mário de Brito

José Manuel Cardoso da Costa