State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 306 – Requisites for validity of emancipation by marriage - Emancipation by marriage shall only produce its effects when the male has completed eighteen years of age and the female sixteen, and the marriage had been duly authorized. § Sole paragraph - If the case the minor gets married without necessary permission, he/she shall be continued to be regarded as minor, as regards the administration of his/her assets till majority; but out of the income of the assets he shall be allotted the maintenance necessary for his/her state.