State Act

Code of Comunidades of 1961

Art. 193 – Every year, during the period prescribed in the article 182, there shall be annual enrolment of zonnkar, as well as widows, sons and daughters who may have interest in the comunidade, as provided in Articles 184 and 185, upon production of their existence till the 30th day, inclusive, of the previous month of April. § 1. The following are competent to issue life certificates. The administrative board of village, (Junta de freguesia), functionary in charge of parish, (regedor), parish priest, consular agent, missionary and administrators of taluka and of comunidade. § 2. Instead of producing the certificate mentioned in the preceding paragraph the applicant himself may sign, within the period prescribed above and his signature may be certified by the Notary or by the clerk of the respective comunidade as well as by a declaration of the parents, spouse or son of the interested person or, in the absence of the same, by any member of respective comunidade, which declaration shall be drawn up before the clerk of comunidade, in the presence of two witnesses, who shall also be members of the comunidade. § 3. However, the necessity on production of the documents, referred to in the preceding paragraph, is dispensed with when the member appears personally which per se is sufficient for the registration, if he is known to the clerk or to the attorney of the respective comunidade or to two members who guarantee, on their own responsibility, based on the declaration signed by them, along with the interested person and which shall be filed. § 4. The annual enrolment shall be done in accordance with the model No. 7. § 5. The provisions of paragraphs 2 to 5 of article 186 shall apply to the annual enrolment. § 6. From the refusal to the annual enrolment, or its irregularity or omission or to the annual enrolment wrongly done, complaints and appeals, as established for the admission can be filed.