State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 2377 – Grounds for exemption from criminal responsibility but not from civil compensation - If the person who causes the damage is acquitted from criminal liability by a reason of complete drunkenness or lunacy, he shall not for these reasons be freed from the liability for civil compensation, unless he is under the guardianship or legal control of another. In such case, the guardian or curator shall be liable unless it is proved that there was no default or negligence on his part. § Sole paragraph – If the guardian or curator is found not liable, the liability of the perpetrator shall subsist.