Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
Three individuals and the company Exelauto – Prestação de Serviços, Lda. brought an ordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment upholding the forfeiture to the State of their assets, as third parties, under the Angolan Penal Code, challenging its application to assets acquired before the Code entered into force. The Second Chamber did not find Article 121(2) unconstitutional as so interpreted, since forfeiture targets crime-related assets regardless of when they were acquired, and dismissed the appeal.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Review of unconstitutionality by omission (Processo de Fiscalização de Inconstitucionalidade por Omissão)
Full text
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