LAW NO. 20,306 ALLOWS FOR THE RISE OF CHILE ' S GENDARMERIE IN THE CASE THAT INDICATES Having present that the National Congress has given its approval to the following Bill: Single article.-Without prejudice to the provisions of the first subparagraph of the Article 27 of the decree with force of law No. 1791, of 1980, of the Ministry of Justice, the authority empowered to grant the promotions, may exempt, for once in the official race, from the fulfillment of the requirements mentioned in the numbers 3) (4) of Article 26 of that legal precept, to 50 and three officials belonging to the Plant of Prison Guards. These will be individualized by a resolution founded by the National Director, which must be endorsed by the Assistant Secretary of Justice through the corresponding administrative act. The power granted in the preceding paragraph shall not be subject to alteration in the order of seniority in the respective scale, nor shall it prejudice the right of the person who meets the requirements for the promotion and shall not be exercised beyond the time limit of the Sixty days from the date of publication of this law. The highest expenditure representing the application of the power referred to in the first subparagraph shall be financed from reallocations of the budget heading Ministry of Justice. And because I have had to approve and sanction it; therefore, promulgate and take effect as the Law of the Republic. Santiago, 10 November 2008.-MICHELLE BACHELET, President of the Republic.-Carlos Maldonado Curti, Minister of Justice.-Andres Velasco Branes, Minister of Finance. What I transcribe to you for your knowledge.-Salutes intently to Ud., Jorge Frei Toledo, Assistant Secretary of Justice.