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Constitutional court dismisses appeal upholding article 15 of administrative court procedure law as unconstitutional.

Case Number 143/00
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Dismissed
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The Constitutional Court dismissed the Public Prosecutor's appeal regarding the constitutionality of Article 15 of the Administrative Courts Procedure Law. The court reiterated that this provision had already been declared unconstitutional by previous rulings of the Third Section and the Plenary. Consequently, the appeal was rejected to maintain the established precedent that the norm violates the Constitution.

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Article 20, paragraph 4 of the Constitution; Article 15 of the Administrative Courts Procedure Law: The court reaffirms that the previously declared unconstitutional provision remains invalid and must be disregarded in all proceedings.

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constitutional review administrative procedure reiteration of precedent unconstitutional norm Public Prosecutor appeal Third Section ruling Plenary decision

Cited Legislation

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Article 20, paragraph 4 of the Constitution of the Republic
Article 15 of the Administrative Courts Procedure Law
Decree-Laws 267/85 and 229/96

Cited Case Law

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Acórdão n.º 345/99
Acórdão n.º 412/2000
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Acórdão 499/00

ACÓRDÃ0 Nº 499/00

Processo n.º 143/00

2ª Secção

Relator – Paulo Mota Pinto

Acordam na 2ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:

Recorrente: Ministério Público

Recorridos: M. A. e Ministro da Justiça

Os presentes autos de recurso, interposto ao abrigo da alínea a) do n.º1 do artigo 70º da Lei do Tribunal Constitucional, têm por objecto a apreciação da constitucionalidade da norma do artigo 15º da Lei de Processo dos Tribunais Administrativos, na redacção decorrente dos Decretos-Leis n.ºs 267/85, de 16 de Julho e 229/96, de 29 de Novembro).

Esta norma foi recentemente julgada inconstitucional pela 3ª Secção deste Tribunal, no Acórdão n.º 345/99 (publicado no Diário da República, II série, n.º 40, de 17 de Fevereiro de 2000), e pelo Plenário, no Acórdão n.º 412/2000, de 4 de Outubro (publicado no Diário da República, II Série, n.º 269, de 21 de Novembro de 2000), por violação do artigo 20º, n.º 4, da Constituição da República.

É esta jurisprudência que há que reiterar no presente recurso, nestes termos se decidindo:

Lisboa, 28 de Novembro de 2000

Paulo Mota Pinto

Bravo Serra

Guilherme da Fonseca

Maria Fernanda Palma

Luís Nunes de Almeida