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Constitutional Court upholds Article 1 of Decree-Law 362/78 as constitutional and denies the applicant's unconstitutionality claim.

Case Number TC_19980552
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Dismissed
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The Constitutional Court of Portugal declared the norm in Article 1 of Decree-Law 362/78 constitutional and rejected the applicant's appeal. The applicant challenged this provision before the Supreme Administrative Court, which had previously upheld it, prompting the constitutional review. The court affirmed the lower decision, ruling that the challenged article did not violate the Constitution.

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Art. 24.º da CRP; Art. 27.º da CRP: The Constitutional Court holds that the challenged administrative norm does not infringe constitutional rights and therefore remains valid and binding.

Keywords

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constitutional review administrative norm unconstitutionality claim Decree-Law 362/78 fundamental rights constitutional court jurisdictional review

Cited Legislation

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Art. 24.º da CRP
Art. 27.º da CRP
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Procº nº794/97

ACÓRDÃO N.º552/98

Procº nº794/97

1ª Secção

Consº Vítor Nunes de Almeida

Acordam no Tribunal Constitucional:

Nos presentes autos vindo do Supremo Tribunal Administrativo, em que é recorrente a C... e recorrida M..., pelos fundamentos dos Acórdãos nºs 354/97 e 392/97 (publicados no diário da república, IIª Série, de 18 de Junho e de 14 de Outubro de 1997, respectivamente), para os quais se remete, decide-se:

não julgar inconstitucional a norma do artigo 1º do Decreto-Lei nº 362/78, de 28 de Novembro;

consequentemente, negar provimento ao recurso, confirmando-se a decisão recorrida na parte impugnada.

Lisboa, 29 de Setembro de 1998

Vítor Nunes de Almeida

Artur Maurício

Maria Helena Brito

Alberto Tavares da Costa

José Manuel Cardoso da Costa