State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 52 – Domicile of soldiers and sailors – The enlisted soldiers have domicile at the place where the unit to which they belong is posted. The domicile of the non-enlisted soldiers is at the place where they are on duty, if they do not have any permanent establishment or residence; in which case their domicile will be there. § Sole paragraph - The sailors who are on board warships are deemed to have their domicile at Lisbon. Those who belong to commercial ships or coastal boats, have their domicile at the places to which the said ships or boats belong, if, for any other reason, they do not have a different domicile.