State Act
Section 28
Art. 28 The following persons are not permitted to participate in the deliberations of the comunidade: (1) The non-emancipated minors and the interdicts, 11[] (2) The debtors to the comunidade or the subrogatories13 of the latter, held as such, on whom notice for payment of debt on current account has been served; (3) Those who may have filed suits or have disputes with the comunidade, in the matter relating or connected with the same suits or disputes; (4) Those who have been barred from voting by a judgment that has become definite in cases provided for in this Code; (5) Those who are directly interested in the subject matter of the deliberation, or when any of their ascendant or descendant, spouse or relative, in the transversal line up to the 2nd grade, is interested in it. (6) The foreigners. § 1. 12[] § 2. The provision of the No. 6 is not applicable in case of the descendents of the Portuguese subjects.