State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1285 – Duties of family society - Following are the burdens on the Society:- 1. The expenses of the maintenance, as provided in article 1247 and the sole paragraph; 2. The debts contracted in common benefit; 3. The advances and ordinary expenses of the cultivation and extraordinary expenses incurred in the undivided properties; 4. The encumbrances inherent to the usufruct of those assets, income of which comes to the Society. § Sole paragraph - The burden to prove that the debts were contracted in common benefit, lies on the shareholders who incurred the debts.