Law Project N.º 229/IX - Law Proposal for FGM typification (Portugal)
The information was last updated in 2013 and may not accurately represent the present situation. It makes a reference to the United Kingdom as a member of the European Union and was published before the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on the 31 January 2020.
Criminal Law
Applicability of the principle of extraterritoriality
This Proposal from CDS/PP was not excepted, as others parties considered that the existent art. 144 (that at that moment did not have FGM/sexual fruition included) from the penal code was enough and that with the inexistence of preventive measures would be a discriminated and segregate law towards Guinea Bissau community
Additional information
Date of entering into force
13/02/2003 (this law was proposed but was never implemented)