Portugal - 2003 Party Law

Title Article 17 Dissolution
Chapter Chapter II Formation and termination
Section Section II Termination
Article

17

1 - A political party shall only be dissolved following a decision taken by its governing bodies in accordance with the applicable rules.
2 - The decision to dissolve shall determine what is to be done with the political party's property, which shall only pass to another political party or a not-for-profit association of a political nature, failing which it shall pass to the State.
3 - The Constitutional Court shall be notified of the dissolution for the purpose of cancelling the party's registration.
Categories - External oversight (Subject of monitoring)
- External oversight (Type of authority)
- Extra-parliamentary party (Cease of existence)
- Extra-parliamentary party (Internal procedures)
Source Di?rio da Rep?blica, 1.? s?rie ? N.? 93 ? 14 de Maio de 2008. Available at: http://www.dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2008/05/09300/0263302637.PDF
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