Article 7 of Law of Evidence

The court may, by a decision recorded in the hearing minutes, depart from the evidentiary measures it has ordered, provided that it states the reasons for doing so in the minutes. There is no need to state reasons if the departure concerns a measure it took of its own motion without a request from the litigants. The court may decline to adopt the result of an evidentiary measure, provided that it states the reasons therefor in Law Index 675 Home Page Evidence Law Decree-Law No. 39 of 1980 concerning Evidence in Civil and Commercial Matters its judgment. Part Two Documentary Evidence Chapter One Official Instruments