State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1899 - General duties of the executor - Where the testator does not specify the duties of the executor, they shall be as follows:- 1. To provide for the burial and the funeral of the testator, and to pay the respective expenses and suffrages, as per the wishes of the same testator or, in the absence thereof, as per the custom of the land; 2. To cause the registration of the Will in the competent register, if it is in his custody, within eight days, from the date of the knowledge of the death of the testator; 3. To take care of the execution of testamentary dispositions and to defend, if necessary, their validity in the Court or outside; 4. To permit the parties to take inspection of the Will, if it is in his custody, and to permit the legal copies to be taken, when so demanded.