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Portuguese Constitutional Court allows appeal against administrative detention laws, revoking lower court decision to reform them.

Case Number 701/96
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Constitutional Court granted the appeal filed by the Public Prosecutor and the Hospital District of Abrantes against the lower court's decision. The recurred norms concerned Articles 2, 4, and 6 of Decree-Law 194/92, which regulated administrative detention procedures. The court decided to revoke the lower ruling to reform the laws in conformity with constitutional principles regarding individual liberty and due process.

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Art. 2.º, n.º 2, alínea a), 4.º e 6.º do Decreto-Lei 194/92; The Constitutional Court established that administrative detention regulations must strictly adhere to constitutional guarantees of personal freedom and procedural safeguards, requiring judicial reform of laws that violate these fundamental rights.

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administrative detention constitutional review individual liberty due process rights Portuguese law public prosecutor appeal legislative reform

Cited Legislation

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Art. 2.º, n.º 2, alínea a), 4.º e 6.º do Decreto-Lei 194/92, de 8 de Setembro

Cited Case Law

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Acórdão nº 760/95
Acórdão nº 761/95
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Acórdão 1191/96

ACÓRDÃO Nº 1191/96

Processo nº 701/96

2ª Secção

Relator: Conselheiro Messias Bento

Acordam na 2ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:

Recorrentes: Ministério Público e Hospital Distrital de Abrantes

Recorrido: A. e B.

Nestes autos de recurso, tendo por objecto as normas dos artigos 2, nº 2, alínea a), 4º e 6º, do Decreto-Lei 194/92, de 8 de Setembro, pêlos fundamentos dos acórdãos nºs 760/95 e 761/95, publicados no Diário da República, II série, de 2 de Fevereiro de 1996, para os quais se remete, decide-se conceder provimento aos recursos e revogar a decisão recorrida, a fim de ser reformada em conformidade.

Lisboa, 20 de Novembro de 1996

Messias Bento

Fernando Alves Correia

Guilherme da Fonseca

Bravo Serra

José de Sousa e Brito

Luís Nunes de Almeida