State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 2303 – Transformation in bad faith – If the transformation is done in bad faith, the thing transformed shall be returned to the owner in the condition in which it is with losses and damages, without the owner being bound to compensate the person responsible for the transformation, if the value of the transformation has not increased the value of the transformed thing by more than 1/3rd; for, in the latter case, the owner of the thing shall be bound to refund that which exceeds the said 1/3rd.