Portuguese laws and rules

Main resources

• Legal definitions and terms: https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/home
• Secure school program: https://www.psp.pt/Pages/atividades/programa-escola-segura.aspx

Subjects

Distributing food to the homeless

• Prohibited and punishable by law if you plan to do this as a private indivial. Only the registered NGO/NPO and volunteering organizations with compliance can do this.
• Fines are quite hefty
• There have been incidents in which individuals were charged with fines for doing so
• Lei 62/2021

Definition of self-defense

• https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/lexionario/termo/legitima-defesa

Carrying knives and it's variations

Be it for self-defense or for multi-tool purposes, when it comes to carrying some sort of knife on you, there are certain considerations.

Resources: - https://homesteadauthority.com/portugal-knife-laws/

Summary:

• You can't possess or own illegal knives
  • Butterfly knife
  • Switchblade
  • Semi-automatic
  • Automatic knife
  • And similar stuff
• For folding knives:
  • Maximum length of 3 inches or 7.62 cm is legal
• For fixed blades:
  • Maximum length of 4 inches or 10.16 cm is legal
• Swiss army blade, multi-tool and similar stuff are usually legal as long as they comply with length limitations