Article 27 of Decree-Law No. 13 of 2026 concerning Safeguarding and Protecting the Supreme Interests of Military Entities

Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by another law, imprisonment for life or for a fixed term of not less than seven years shall be imposed on anyone entrusted with safeguarding the supreme interests of military bodies in a transaction, operation, project or case, or with negotiating, undertaking commitments, agreeing or contracting with any entity inside or outside the country on a matter concerning those bodies, where this would create financial rights or obligations for them, who intentionally conducts it in a manner prejudicial to their interests in order to obtain Law Index 468 Home Page Law on the Protection of the Supreme Interests of Military Bodies Decree-Law No. 13 of 2026 concerning Securing and Protecting the Supreme Interests of Military Bodies a profit or benefit for himself or another. If the offender achieves his purpose, or if his offence is liable to prejudice the circumstances of those bodies, the penalty shall be life imprisonment.