2 - The Polícia Judiciária shall be competent to receive requests for interception, and shall submit such requests to the Public Prosecution Office, which on its turn shall submit them for authorization to the examining judge at the District Court of Lisbon. 3 - The authorization order referred to in the preceding article shall also allow the prompt transmission of the communication to the requesting State, to the extent permitted under agreements, treaties or international conventions on the basis of which the request was made. 4 - Paragraph 1 hereof applies, duly adapted, to requests made by Portuguese judicial authorities. CHAPTER V Final and transitional provisions Article 27 Territorial application of Portuguese criminal law and jurisdiction of Portuguese courts 1 - In addition to provisions in the Criminal Code on territorial application of Portuguese criminal law, and unless otherwise provided for in international treaties or conventions, for the purposes hereof, Portuguese criminal law shall also apply to facts: a) Committed by Portuguese nationals, to whom criminal rules of any other State do not apply; b) Committed to the advantage of legal persons with headquarters in Portuguese territory; c) Physically committed in Portuguese territory, even if focusing on computer systems located abroad; or d) Focusing on computer systems located on Portuguese territory, regardless of where the facts were physically committed. 2 - Where on the basis of the applicability of the Portuguese criminal law, both Portuguese courts and courts of another Member State of the European Union claim jurisdiction over a criminal offence established in accordance with this Law, and both courts may start or continue prosecution on the basis of the same facts, the competent judicial authority shall resort to bodies and mechanisms established within the European Union to facilitate cooperation between judicial authorities of Member States and coordination of respective actions, with a view to deciding which of the two States will start or continue prosecution against infringers, in order to centralise prosecution within only one of them. 3 - The decision to accept or to transfer jurisdiction shall be taken by the competent judicial authority, taking into consideration, in turn, the following elements: a) The place where the infringement was committed; b) The nationality of the infringer; c) The place where the infringer was found.

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