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PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE
 


HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE

 

 

Historical theories agree upon the fact that the Public Prosecution Service appeared, as a stable and permanent body, in the Fourteenth Century.

You can follow the development of the structure and the role of the Public Prosecution Service from that time until 1976, when its autonomy was affirmed in the Constitution of the Republic..

The  Attorney-General's Office has been led by outstanding men - lawyers, Judges and Public Prosecutors, teachers, politicians, and citizens.

Learn about the lives and the work of the Attorney-Generals, during the Monarchy and the Republic.

The history, and a guided tour, of the Palácio de Palmela - the current headquarters of the Attorney-General's Office.

 

 

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