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AMEND ARTICLES 40 AND 160 OF LAW N ° 18,700, CONSTITUTIONAL ORGANIC ON POPULAR VOTES AND VOTES

Original Language Title: MODIFICA ARTICULOS 40 Y 160 DE LA LEY N° 18.700, ORGANICA CONSTITUCIONAL SOBRE VOTACIONES POPULARES Y ESCRUTINIOS

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AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES 40 AND 160 OF LAW N ° 18,700, CONSTITUTIONAL ORGANIC ON POPULAR VOTES AND VOTES Having present that the National Congress has given its approval to the following Bill: " Single article. (a) Replaced in Article 40, the term "Governors and Mayors" by those of "Regional Governors and Directors". (b) Substitute Article 160, as follows: " Article 160.-To be designated as a proxy, it is required to be a citizen, to have valid electoral registration and not to have been convicted of crimes sanctioned by this law or by any of the laws that regulate the Public Electoral System. This last condition shall always be presumed to exist until the contrary is proved before the President of the respective Board, Bureau or College. However, the Ministers of State, Deputy Secretaries, Intendants, Regional Directors, Governors and Mayors may not be appointed; the magistrates of the High Courts of Justice, the judges and the local police; Senior officers of the Ministry of Service and Regional Secretaries; the Comptroller General of the Republic and the members of the Armed Forces and Public Security and Order in active duty. Nor can foreigners, non-visionaries and illiterates be. "". Having complied with the provisions of Article 82 of the Constitution of the Republic of the Republic, I have had to approve it and sanction it; therefore, it should be enacted and implemented as a law of the Republic. Santiago, 14 November 1994.-CARLOS FIGUEROA SERRANO, Vice President of the Republic.-Belisario Velasco Baraona, Minister of the Interior Subrogante. What I transcribe to you for your knowledge.-Salute to Ud., Marcelo Schilling Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Subrogante. CONSTITUTIONAL COURT Draft law amending Law No. 18,700, Constitutional Organics of Popular Voting and Scrutiny, regarding the rules on voting rights of tables and vowels The Secretary of the Constitutional Court, who is the subscribes, certifies that the Honorable Chamber of Deputies sent the bill enunciated in the rubric, approved by the National Congress, so that this Tribunal would exercise the control of its constitutionality, and that by judgment of 31 October of 1994, declared it constitutional. Santiago, November 3, 1994.-Rafael Larraín Cruz, Secretary.