State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 921 – Powers of family council - It will be lawful for the family council, whenever found convenient, to exempt the tutor, the curator or the administrator appointed from creating mortgage or effecting registration only and other preliminary acts, in order to take up the administration immediately and comply with the said formalities later, as well to accept the mortgage of assets, the value of which is less than the value of movables and of the income, where the appointee does not have sufficient assets and the council does not think fit to appoint another person.