State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 65 – Formalities required for delivery and execution of the judgment – The judgment, which grants definitive curatorship, shall not be delivered unless the absentee is served with a notice by substituted service with anticipation of six months in the Official Gazette and by affixation on the notice board of the Parish Church, of the place of his last domicile; it shall not be executed until the expiry of four months from the date of publication of the judgment which shall be done in the same manner as directed for substituted service. § Sole paragraph - Such publication shall be done by extract, accuracy of which shall be verified by the Judge, who, after being satisfied about its correctness, shall initial it.