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Constitutional court dismisses appeal upholding administrative court law as unconstitutional per prior rulings.

Case Number 155/00
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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 norm had already been declared unconstitutional by previous sections of the Tribunal for violating Article 20(4) of the Constitution. Consequently, the appeal was rejected to maintain the established precedent that the administrative procedure law is invalid.

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Art. 20(4) of the Constitution; The Constitutional Court reiterates that administrative court procedure norms violating the right to a fair trial are unconstitutional and must be disregarded.

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constitutional appeal administrative procedure right to fair trial precedent binding unconstitutional norm

Cited Legislation

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Art. 20(4) of the Constitution of the Republic
Art. 70(1)(a) of the Constitutional Court 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
Portuguese Constitutional Court upheld disciplinary council decisions regarding judicial impartiality and public interest urgency.
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Constitutional challenge dismissed as administrative procedure law previously declared unconstitutional by this Tribunal.
143/00
Constitutional court dismisses appeal upholding article 15 of administrative court procedure law as unconstitutional.
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Constitutional court dismisses appeal upholding Article 15 of Administrative Courts Procedure Law as unconstitutional.
150/00
Portuguese Constitutional Court declares administrative law article unconstitutional for violating fair trial rights.
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Acórdão 500/00

ACÓRDÃ0 Nº 500/00

Processo n.º 155/00

2ª Secção

Relator – Paulo Mota Pinto

Acordam na 2ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:

Recorrente: Ministério Público

Recorridos: M. C. e Junta de Freguesia da Sé - Guarda

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