Diário da República
Encyclopedia
Diário da República is the official gazette
of Portugal
. Before 1976, it was called Diário do Governo.
It is published by Imprensa Nacional and comprises two Series. Laws
, Decree-laws
, decisions of the Constitutional Court
and other relevant texts are published in the I Series. Regulation
s, public contracts, etc. are published in the II Series.
As in many countries, legislative texts are only binding after publication (article 119 of the Portuguese Constitution).
From July 1, 2006 is published in electronic form, with only a handful of authenticated printed copies (for deposit in the National Archive
, the Presidency
, the Assembleia da República, the high courts, etc). There were other changes, such as the end of the III Series.
It is possible to buy the printed version of the I Series.
Diário da República Electrónico is the public service of universal and free access. It requires Adobe Reader or another pdf
viewer. Users can search and access entire editions or a particular act, from 1910, in the case of the I Series, or 2000, in the case of the II Series. There are no known plans to backscan older copies.
Added value services are also available, which allow Boolean search
, alerts on new legislation regarding subjects defined by the user, etc.
of Azores
and Madeira
each have a gazette, the Jornal Oficial da Região Autónoma dos Açores (JORAA) and Jornal Oficial da Região Autónoma da Madeira (JORAM). These are also available online, but in the case of JORAM only the printed version is considered authentic.
Being a member of the European Union
, there is also a Portuguese
version of the Official Journal of the European Union
.
Gazette
A gazette is a public journal, a newspaper of record, or simply a newspaper.In English- and French-speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name Gazette since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspapers bear the name The Gazette.Gazette is a loanword from the...
of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. Before 1976, it was called Diário do Governo.
It is published by Imprensa Nacional and comprises two Series. Laws
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
, Decree-laws
Decree
A decree is a rule of law issued by a head of state , according to certain procedures . It has the force of law...
, decisions of the Constitutional Court
Portuguese Constitutional Court
The Portuguese Constitutional Court is a special court, defined by the Portuguese Constitution as part of the judicial branch of the Portuguese political organization. Unlike the rest of the country's courts, the Constitutional Court has important characteristics, such as a special composition,...
and other relevant texts are published in the I Series. Regulation
Regulation
Regulation is administrative legislation that constitutes or constrains rights and allocates responsibilities. It can be distinguished from primary legislation on the one hand and judge-made law on the other...
s, public contracts, etc. are published in the II Series.
As in many countries, legislative texts are only binding after publication (article 119 of the Portuguese Constitution).
From July 1, 2006 is published in electronic form, with only a handful of authenticated printed copies (for deposit in the National Archive
Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo
The Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo is the Portuguese national archive established in 1378. It is located in Lisbon. It was renamed in 2009 as Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais .-Significant collections:...
, the Presidency
President of Portugal
Portugal has been a republic since 1910, and since that time the head of state has been the president, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic ....
, the Assembleia da República, the high courts, etc). There were other changes, such as the end of the III Series.
It is possible to buy the printed version of the I Series.
Diário da República Electrónico is the public service of universal and free access. It requires Adobe Reader or another pdf
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
viewer. Users can search and access entire editions or a particular act, from 1910, in the case of the I Series, or 2000, in the case of the II Series. There are no known plans to backscan older copies.
Added value services are also available, which allow Boolean search
Boolean logic
Boolean algebra is a logical calculus of truth values, developed by George Boole in the 1840s. It resembles the algebra of real numbers, but with the numeric operations of multiplication xy, addition x + y, and negation −x replaced by the respective logical operations of...
, alerts on new legislation regarding subjects defined by the user, etc.
Other official newspapers in Portugal
The Autonomous RegionsAutonomous regions of Portugal
The two Autonomous Regions of Portugal are the Azores and Madeira...
of Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
and Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
each have a gazette, the Jornal Oficial da Região Autónoma dos Açores (JORAA) and Jornal Oficial da Região Autónoma da Madeira (JORAM). These are also available online, but in the case of JORAM only the printed version is considered authentic.
Being a member of the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, there is also a Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
version of the Official Journal of the European Union
Official Journal of the European Union
The Official Journal of the European Union is the official gazette of record for the European Union . It is published every working day in all of the official languages of the member states. Only legal acts published in the Official Journal are binding.It was first published on 30 December 1952 as...
.