State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 191 – Judicial intervention suo moto – If the court does not receive a request and becomes aware of the need to intervene, it will do so at once, notifying the curator of orphans, who will apply for whatever is laid down by law as against those who have not made the necessary intimations. § Sole paragraph – If the court finds that the negligence is due to the curator of orphans, it will report this fact to the Government Advocate.