Murder in Portuguese law

Murder may also be found in special legislation, namely in the Code of Military Justice, adopted in 2003 by Law no.

Unless binding assurances are given that the suspect will not be sentenced to either death penalty or life imprisonment, the extradition must be rejected.

136 of the Penal Code), is punishable with a prison term of no less than 1 month and no longer than 3 years, or a fine.

If the death is caused by gross negligence the penalty the prison term is of 1 month to 5 years.

“Homicídio qualificado” in Comentário Conimbricense do Código Penal, Tome I, Coimbra Editora.