State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 300 – Register of guardianship – In every orphanological jurisdiction there shall be a numbered book, initialled and sealed by the respective judge, for registration of guardianships of minors and of interdicted persons. § Sole paragraph - The clerk in the first office shall be in charge of this book, in which he will enter not only the guardianships in his section but also those of the others for which the respective clerks shall send him the necessary notes.