Things Okay in Portugal but Illegal Around the World

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[Ruicarrico]

Art 171 of the Portuguese Penal Code establishes the age of consent as 14, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, but Art 173 forbids sexual relations between adults and adolescents aged 14 to 16 if it can be said the adult took advantage of the adolescent's inexperience, and Art 172 limits it further, forbidding sexual relations with youth aged 16 to 18 by adults entrusted with their education or assistance

[draconar]

America is so free that you can't have a beer on the street. Go figure

[joelcardoso]

Casino Estoril is not only the biggest in Portugal, but also in Europe and was home of axis and allies espionage during the WWII, inspiring the James Bond saga

[rubiskelter]

There's a few misconceptions, the age of consent although technically correct, being 14 and 15 in most contries of EU, Portugal's law states clearly "there can be no abuse of inexperience", this leaves room for interpretation. Trust me, don't come to Portugal thinking this is a sex tourism paradise, get involved with a 14 year old as an adult, only pursuing sexual gratification, and you'll get a few years behind bars. But France for example, has the age of consent at 15 without restrictions. So, don't think Portugal is like that, you try to only have sexual relationships with a 14 year old here, you will most likely get arrested for abusing his/her inexperience. Even if you date (no abuse of inexperience) its obviously highly frowned upon.

For context, here is the law that states the age of consent (Use google translator at your own risk):
Artigo 173.º do CP:
1 - Quem, sendo maior, praticar ato sexual de relevo com menor entre 14 e 16 anos, ou levar a que ele seja praticado por este com outrem, abusando da sua inexperiência, é punido com pena de prisão até 2 anos.

There are exceptions, for example if the ADULT is a legal guardian, tutor, teacher, (anyone who has clear hierarchical power) then THE LEGAL AGE of the counterpart IS 18!

Edit: If people want confirmation that a 38 year old can date a 16 year old, just search on google for the legal court decision document "RP20200422573/18.1JAAVR.P1" and the case absolves the accused of child po.... because the photos shared of her naked were in the context of a romantic relationship.
On another case, "1779/13.5JAPRT.P1", a young man of 22/23, admits to having two relationships with two different girls of 14, without it being considered a crime, as it was in the context of a "gratifying emotional relationship" .

Also, the drugs laws was almost correct, you can't carry 10 individual doses of any drug, you can carry a limit corresponding to 10 days of consumption, there's a table, its for example 2.5g of thc (usually corresponding to 25g of cannabis at 10% of THC, usually), 1g of coke, 1g of MDMA, 1 tab of LSD, etc.) . If you respect these limits, you're off the hook with at most a fine of 150€ . But you can carry any amount as long as you can prove is for auto-consumption but this is more difficult and bureaucratic and time consuming (This law is pretty new, November of 2023). So yes, you can carry any amount now, as long as you can prove it is for auto-consumption for 10 days . Good luck trying that if caught with 100g of coke or weed.

[danielgomessilva]

Let me rephrase the Drug subject a bit better: Portugal changed the view of Drug Consumption from being a Crime to be a Social Health Problem

[rosconho]

Im pretty sure that you can drink alchool any time of the day (no hours limit) without getting you in trouble. Even if you are visibly drunk 😅

[joseleandro]

As a portuguese person, I never saw any cop care about someone drinking in public here. Or looking extremely drunk. Its one of those laws that probably are there but are never enforced. People just laugh at the sight of a funny drunken fella, even cops

[paulocorreia]

We won the war on drugs more than twenty years ago and that was wonderful, but I think we are currently starting to lose. Lately we have seen some consumption on the streets that we didn't see 5 years ago, I don't know if it was because of the pandemic, but it is getting worrying.

[Famous_Mist]

You are almost right; relative to drugs, if you have hard drugs you won't get arrested but you are send to a detox program.

[Naphius]

Wild camping is not allowed in Portugal… don’t confuse between wild camping and parking RV’s. You can park an RV in any street and sleep inside as you can in any other vehicle but you can’t use any more public space other than the RV itself. So you can’t put chairs, tables barbecues etc outside your RV. You can only do that in camping parks… also you can’t use camping tents…

[ruisilva]

Dave, não ser crime é uma coisa, ser legal é outra. O consumo drogas continua a ser ilegal, não é punível a título criminal mas sim contraordenacional (menos grave).

[GazilionPT]

Regarding the "14 is the age of consent", it's must be said there is an important caveat: the age of the other person.
14 is only the age of consent if the other person is underage (i.e. 17 or younger). So, a 14 year old may consent into sex with someone under 18. But if the other person is legally an adult (i.e. 18 or older), then being 16 is required for the consent to be admissible. It's still lower then 18, but it's not as low as 14.

[NiniCraft]

Regarding the being drunk on the street situation, I must say, I highly doubt you get in trouble for doing that, since I was a kid I always saw that kind of stuff and never heard of anyone having problems with the law because of that. Note: I am from a small/interior city, that may affect my experience

[zetoin]

The only law that I'm not comfortable with, is the age consent! Everything else is fair game in this day and age.

[xinesita]

The age of consent grants adolescents the opportunity to take decisions concerning their body, their health and their beliefs. It is specially important from a medical point of view. For example, in cases where the parents might oppose a life-saving treatment because it is against their religious beliefs. If the person is 14 or older they are legally entitled to decide for themselves in this situation.

[Alexantao]

Since when can't we drink from 2am to 8am? And we can't be drunk?

[claudiooliveira]

I mean, you can drink wherever you want no matter what time is it. might exist some laws but nobody will approach you or bother you for drinking... unless you missbehaviour off course

[BarbaraSilva-wulw]

I' m portuguese and I like to watch your videos Dave 👍

[Famous_Mist]

And one more thing you didn't say and I believe it's at least curious : The maximum prison sentence is 25 years and with good behavior it can be reduced by half...

[JoaoMariaNunes]

regarding drugs, Portugal's achievement was to not criminalise the addicts but consider them as patients, facilitating their cure