Freedom to meet

The freedom to meet for electoral purposes during an election campaign period is governed by the provisions of the general law on the right to meet, with the following special provisions:
a) When it addresses meetings, rallies, demonstrations or parades in places that are public or open to the public and are to be held by a political party, the notice referred to in Article 2(2) of Executive Law no. 406/74 of 29 August 1974 must be issued by the competent organ of the party in question;
b) Processions, parades and audible propaganda may take place on any day and at any time, subject only to the limits imposed by the maintenance of public order and by the freedom of transit and to work, as well as the limits derived from citizens’ rest periods;
c) Copies of the official record referred to in Article 5(2) of Executive Law no. 406/74 of 29 August 1974 must be sent to the President of the National Electoral Commission and the competent organ of the political party concerned;
d) Orders to change routes or parades shall be issued by the competent authority, and shall be given in writing to the competent organ of the political party concerned and communicated to the National Electoral Commission;
e) Use of the public places referred to in Article 9 of Executive Law no. 406/74 of 29 August 1974 must be divided up equally between those who are competing in the election in the constituency in which the places in question are located;
f) Only the competent organ of the organising political party may request the presence of law enforcement officers at meetings it organises, and that organ shall be responsible for maintaining order when it does not make such a request;
g) The limit referred to in Article 11 of Executive Law no. 406/74 of 29 August 1974 is hereby extended to two a.m. during election campaigns.
h) The appeal provided for in Article 14(1) of Executive Law no. 406/74 of 29 August 1974 shall be made to the Constitutional Court within a time limit of forty-eight hours.