First instance body dealing with electoral disputes

Law nr. 14/79 of May,16^th. 1979

(With the amendments made by the following legislative acts:

Declarations of August 17^th. 1979 and October 10^th.1979; Decree-Law nr. 400/82 of September 23^rd. 1982; Law nr. 14-A/85of July 10^th. 1985; Decree-Law nr 55/88 of February 26^th.1988; Laws nr. 5/89 of March 17^th. 1989, 18/90 of July 24^th.1990, 31/91 of July 20^th. 1991, 55/91 of August 10^th.1991, 72/93 of November 30^th. 1993, 10/95 of April 7^th.1995, 35/95 of August 18^th. 1995; and Organic Laws nr. 1/99 of June22^nd. 1999, 2/2001 of August 25^th. 2001, 3/2010 of December15^th. 2010, and 1/2011 of November 30^th. 2011.)

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Section I: Partialcounting

Article 102: Votescounting

4. The lists delegates shall have the right to examine the separate lotsof voting ballots, without changing their composition, and, in case they havedoubts or objections about the counting or the qualification given to the voteof any ballot, have the right to ask for clarifications or to submit complaintsor protests before the president [of the polling station].

4 — Os delegados das listas t?m odireito de examinar, depois, os lotes dos boletins de voto separados, semalterar a sua composi??o, e, no caso de terem d?vidas ou objec??es em rela??o ?contagem ou ? qualifica??o dada ao voto de qualquer boletim, t?m o direito desolicitar esclarecimentos ou apresentar reclama??es ou protestos perante opresidente.

Section II: Generalcounting

Article 108: Generalcounting assembly

3. Candidates and list agents may attend to the operations of the generalcounting assembly, without voting, but with the right to complain, protestor counter-protest.

3- Os candidatos e os mandat?riosdas listas podem assistir, sem voto, mas com direito de reclama??o, protesto oucontraprotesto, aos trabalhos da assembleia de apuramento geral.

Article 110:Preliminary operation

1. At the beginning of its operations, the counting assembly shall decideabout the ballots about which there have been complaints or protests,correcting, if necessary, the counting of the corresponding polling station.

President of the polling station or pollingsection (Partial counting)