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Portuguese Constitutional Court declares specific procedural norms in a 1993 decree constitutional and rejects the challenge.

Case Number 462/94
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Constitutional Court granted the public prosecutor's appeal against a lower court decision regarding the constitutionality of two articles in a 1993 decree. The court relied on its own previous ruling (No. 396/95) to determine that the challenged norms, which govern the distribution of files after failed postal notification, do not violate the constitution. Consequently, the lower court's declaration of unconstitutionality was revoked, and the decree remains valid.

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Art. 28.º da CRP; Art. 222.º da CRP: The Constitutional Court may declare a norm constitutional based on its own prior jurisprudence, thereby rejecting a challenge to the constitutionality of procedural rules regarding file distribution.

Keywords

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Constitutional Court procedural norms file distribution postal notification constitutional challenge prior jurisprudence decree validity

Cited Legislation

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Art. 28.º da CRP
Art. 222.º da CRP

Cited Case Law

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Acórdão n.º 396/95
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TC_19960711
Portuguese Constitutional Court dismisses Public Prosecutor's challenge to Decree-Law 404/93 as constitutional.
501/94
Portuguese Constitutional Court declares Article 6(2) of Decree-Law 404/93 constitutional regarding opposition to injunctive requests.
TC_19950424
Portuguese Constitutional Court declares specific procedural decree articles constitutional and rejects the public prosecution's challenge.
905/2015
Constitutional challenge dismissed for lack of normative object and failure to exhaust ordinary remedies.
171/96
Portuguese Constitutional Court upholds constitutionality of procedural rules regarding opposition to injunctive requests.

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Acórdão 412/95

ACÓRDÃO Nº 412/95

Processo nº 462/94

2ª Secção

Relator: Conselheiro Alves Correia

Acordam na 2ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:

Nos presentes autos, vindos do Tribunal Judicial de Penafiel em que figuram como recorrente o Ministério Público e como recorrido A., tendo como objecto apenas a questão da constitucionalidade das normas constantes dos artigos 4º e 6º, nº 2, do Decreto-Lei n° 404/93, de 10 de Dezembro (no último, na parte em que prevê a apresentação dos autos à distribuição, no caso de se ter frustrado a notificação por via postal), pelos fundamentos do Acórdão deste Tribunal nº 396/95 - de que foi junta fotocópia aos autos -, decide-se conceder provimento ao recurso e, em consequência, revogar a decisão recorrida, que deve ser reformada em conformidade com o presente juízo de não inconstitucionalidade.

Lisboa, 28 de Junho de 1995

Fernando Alves Correia

Messias Bento

José de Sousa e Brito

Bravo Serra

Guilherme da Fonseca

Luís Nunes de Almeida