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Constitutional Court orders notification of Public Prosecutor to address potential inadmissibility of appeal.

Case Number 41/09
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The Constitutional Court ordered the notification of the Public Prosecutor to comment on the potential inadmissibility of the appeal due to lack of jurisdiction. The case involved a challenge where the opposing party argued the matter was not subject to constitutional review. The court decided to defer the final ruling until the Public Prosecutor could formally address the issue of irrecorribilidade.

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Art. 221.º da Constituição Portuguesa; Art. 52.º da Lei Orgânica do Tribunal Constitucional: When an appeal's admissibility is contested, the Court must notify the Public Prosecutor to pronounce on the potential lack of jurisdiction before ruling.

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constitutional appeal admissibility Public Prosecutor notification irrecorribilidade lack of jurisdiction Tribunal Constitucional procedure

Cited Legislation

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Art. 221.º da Constituição Portuguesa
Art. 52.º da Lei Orgânica do Tribunal Constitucional

Cited Case Law

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Acórdão 267/91
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189/07
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908/2014
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270/08
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Acórdão 165/09 ACÓRDÃO Nº 165/2009[1] Processo nº 41/09 2ª Secção Relator: Conselheiro Benjamim Rodrigues

Acordam os juízes deste Tribunal em ordenar a notificação do Ministério Público para se pronunciar, querendo, sobre a questão do eventual não conhecimento do objecto do recurso pela sua irrecorribilidade, para o Tribunal Constitucional (cfr. Ac. 267/91). Prazo: 10 dias.

Lx, 25.03.2009 Benjamim Silva Rodrigues Mário José de Araújo Torres Joaquim de Sousa Ribeiro João Cura Mariano Rui Manuel Moura Ramos

ESTÁ CONFORME Lisboa, 27 de Março de 2009 O Escrivão Adjunto, [1] Acórdão transcrito a partir do original manuscrito