State Act
Section 563
Art. 563 – The current accounts shall be written in two columns on the same half page, one for credit and the other the debit, the balance being declared in words. § 1. If the debtor or any of the guarantors or any person holding joint responsibility expires, the clerk shall declare this fact in the current accounts. § 2. The current accounts which are based on securities not registered in the books of the comunidade, shall always be accompanied by the same documents, in original or authenticated copies. § 3. When the comunidade is the creditor, the current accounts shall be initialled by the attorney so that he may know that the current account has been issued and defend the rights of the respective comunidade in the relevant proceedings. § 4. If the attorney refuses to initial the current account, the clerk shall notify and certify this fact in the current account. 5. Such notice may be effected in the book of current accounts, following the registration of the definitive list, or in a list of current accounts issued, which shall be filed with the comunidade, and the certificate of notice issued, in the current account shall be referred to this book or to the list filed.