State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 692 – Contract for criminal or unlawful purposes - Where the cause or purpose of the contract is any criminal or legally impermissible act, in which both the contracting parties are conniving, none of them shall be heard in the Court with reference to the same contract; but if only one of the contracting parties is in bad faith, the other is not bound to fulfill his promise, nor to restore what he has received, but he can demand from the other what he has fulfilled. § Sole paragraph - In the case of first part of this Article and if the cause or purpose of the contract is an act any payment given or promised shall be forfeited in favour of establishments of charity.