According to the Law that makes provision for the regime on the judicial system organisation (Law No. 62/2013 of 26 August 2013 [11]), the deputy prosecutors general («Procuradores-Gerais-Adjuntos») may also hold office at the county administrative courts and the tax courts, at the extended territorial competence courts — i.e. the Intellectual Property Court, the Competition, Regulation and Supervision Court, the Maritime Court, the Supervision Court, the Central Examining Judges’ Court —, at the central jurisdiction sections [sections specialised in civil, criminal and examining matters, as well as in family and minors, labour, commerce and  recovery matters], at the local jurisdiction sections [generic competence sections (in civil, criminal and petty crime matters) and proximity sections] operating since 01.09.2014 at the first instance courts [articles 10(1/c), 81, 83(3), 148], and as co-ordinators at the County District Prosecutors’ Offices [12] (article 99).

They take office before the Prosecutor General [13] [article 142(b) of the SPPS].

They are granted the same rank, treatment and honours as those of the Justices of the Appeal Courts. They also use the same professional attire [article 90(3) of the SPPS].