State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1354 – Capacity to exercise judicial mandate - It is not lawful for the following persons to be attorneys in a judicial proceeding: 1. Minors who are not emancipated; 2. Judges holding office, within their jurisdiction; 3. The officers and employees of the Court within their jurisdiction, except in their own cause; 4. The legal officers of the State in all the proceedings where they may have to intervene, within the limits of their respective judicial divisions; 5. Those who are forbidden by judgment to be attorneys in judicial proceedings or to exercise public office; 6. Descendants, ascendants, or siblings of the judge; 7. Descendants against the ascendants, and vice-versa except in their own cause.