State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 595 – Performance of drama - No dramatic work may be performed in a public theatre where tickets are sold, without consent, in writing, of the author or of his heirs, transferees, or representatives, in the following manner:- § 1 - Where the work is printed, such consent is necessary only, if the author is dead, during the period in which his heirs, transferees or representatives, enjoy the copyright thereof. § 2 - Where the work is posthumous, it cannot be performed without the consent of any heir, or other person to whom the copyright of the manuscript belongs. § 3 - The consent to perform a dramatic work can be unrestricted or restricted to a certain period, a certain place or places or a certain number of theatres.