Article 115 of Code of Civil Procedure

Judgment shall be pronounced by reading its operative part in a public hearing. Judgments must contain the reasons on which they are based; otherwise, they shall be void. The draft judgment containing its reasons, signed by the president and the judges, must also be deposited upon pronouncement of judgment; otherwise, the judgment shall be void. This draft shall be kept in the file and no copies thereof shall be provided, but the litigants may inspect it until Law Index Home Page 625 Law of Procedure Decree-Law No. 38 of 1980 Promulgating the Law of Civil and Commercial Procedure the original copy of the judgment is completed. Nevertheless, the judgment need not contain reasons if it is rendered by a court of first instance granting all the plaintiff's claims and the defendant has not appeared in the action and has not submitted a memorandum of his defense. Refusal to make the judgment subject to expedited enforcement shall not be considered a rejection of some of the claims within the meaning of the preceding paragraph.