You were sentenced to a driving ban and handed in your driving licence immediately after the judgment, believing that the ban had already started to run. Does that period count towards the sentence?
No. This was the position established by the Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice in Judgment No. 3/2026, of 17 June, establishing binding case law, resolving a divergence between courts as to when the ancillary penalty of a driving ban begins to be served.
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