State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 534 – Return of object purchased by third party in good faith – Whoever demands the thing, within the period within which he can put up the claim, from the one who has purchased it from the market or in public auction, or from a merchant who deals with things of the same type or similar items, is bound to pay to the bonafide third party the price which the latter had paid for it, except the right of reversion against author of the theft or of violence or against the finder.