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Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality

Judgment No. 586/2019

Appeal dismissed
Date
17 December 2019
Case
729-A/2019
Formation
Plenary
Rapporteur
Maria de Fátima de Lima d'Almeida Baptista da Silva
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Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.

SummaryUnofficial

The appellant, a member of the National Assembly, lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment upholding coercive measures imposed by the Public Prosecution Service (statement of identity and residence, periodic reporting and a ban on leaving the country), invoking the immunities in Article 150 of the Constitution. The Court held that immunity covers only arrest or detention, so the measures required no National Assembly authorisation and did not breach the Constitution.

parliamentary immunitycoercive measuresmembers of parliamentpresumption of innocence

Decision

Appeal dismissed

Type of proceedings

Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)

Full text

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