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938 OF 2004
(December 30)
Official Journal No. 45.778 of 31 December 2004
For which the Organic Statute of the Attorney General's Office is issued.
COLOMBIA CONGRESS
DECRETA:
HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE, UNIT, AND HIERARCHICAL DEPENDENCY.
ARTICLE 1o. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
OF COMPETENCIES.
ARTICLE 2o. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 3o. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 4o. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 5o. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 6o. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 7o. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 8o. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE NATION.
ARTICLE 9o. PERIOD. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 10. DISCIPLINARY REGIME. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 11. FUNTIONS. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 12. TEMPORARY AND ABSOLUTE FAULTS. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 13. DELEGATION. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
OF THE DEPENDENCIES ATTACHED TO THE OFFICE OF THE NATION ' S ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ARTICLE 14. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 15. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 16. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 17. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 18. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 19. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 20. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 21. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 22. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
THE NATION ' S DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ARTICLE 23. FROM THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE NATION. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY.
ARTICLE 24. OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 25. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 26. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF FISCALAS.
ARTICLE 27. NATIONAL ADDRESS OF FISCALAS. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 28. FINANCIAL DIRECTION OF FISCALIAS. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
FROM THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF THE TECHNICAL RESEARCH BODY.
ARTICLE 29. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 30. SECTIONAL DIRECTION OF THE TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION BODY. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL NATIONAL ADDRESS.
ARTICLE 31. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
ARTICLE 32. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. 51 of Decree 16 of 2014 >
OF THE ENTITIES ATTACHED TO THE PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENT-OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LEGAL MEDICINE AND FORENSIC SCIENCES.
NATURE AND BASIC FUNCTIONS.
ARTICLE 33. The National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences belongs to the Judicial Branch and is attached to the Attorney General's Office, as a public establishment of the national order, provided with legal status, own assets and administrative autonomy.
ARTICLE 34. The System of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences throughout the national territory is organized and controlled by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences.
ARTICLE 35. The main mission of the Institute is to provide scientific and technical support and support to the administration of justice throughout the national territory, regarding legal medicine and the sciences. forensics.
ARTICLE 36. In development of its mission, the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences has the following functions:
1. Organize and direct the System of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences and control its operation.
2. Provide medical and forensic medical services requested by the Prosecutors, Judges, Judicial Police, Ombudsman's Office and other competent authorities throughout the national territory.
3. Develop care, scientific, extra-expert and social functions in the area of legal medicine and forensic sciences.
4. To provide advice and to provide consultation on legal medicine and forensic sciences to the units of fiscalis, courts and other competent authorities.
5. Define the technical regulations to be met by the various bodies and persons who perform expert functions associated with legal medicine, forensic sciences and exercise control over their development and compliance.
6. To serve as a verification and control body for the expert evidence and forensic examinations conducted by the judicial police bodies of the State and other bodies at the request of a competent authority.
7. Serve as a national reference scientific center on matters related to legal medicine and forensic sciences.
8. To be an accreditation and certification body for laboratories, expert trials and experts in legal medicine and forensic sciences, practiced by public and private entities.
9. Coordinate and advance the promotion and execution of scientific research, graduate programs, undergraduate programs, continuing education and educational events in the area of legal medicine and forensic sciences.
10. To coordinate and promote, prior to the existence of conventions, the teaching practices of educational institutions approved by the ICFES.
11. Disseminate research results, scientific advances, development of forensic practices, and other information from the Institute considered to be of interest to the community at large.
12. Delegate or hire natural or legal persons to carry out certain expert activities and control their execution.
SPECIFIC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS.
ARTICLE 37. For the performance of their duties, the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences has the following basic organization:
1. Board of Directors
2. Directorate-General of the Institute
2.1. Internal Control Office
2.2. Planning Office
2.3. Legal Office
2.4. Internal Discipline Inspection Office
3. General Secretariat
3.1 Office of Personnel
4. Sub-direction of Scientific Research
4.1. School of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences
5. Sub-direction of Forensic Services
6. Administrative and Financial Subdirection
7. Regional Addresses
7.1 Sectional Addresses
7.1.1 Basic Units.
ARTICLE 38. The Board of Directors of the Institute will be made up of the Attorney General of the Nation or the Deputy Prosecutor who will preside over it, the Ministers of the Interior and Justice and the Social Protection delegates, the Attorney General of the Nation or his Delegate, the Ombudsman or his Delegate, the President of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice or his delegate and the President of the Association of Medical Faculties.
The Secretary General of the Institute will act as Secretary of the Board. The Board of Directors belongs to the Director General of the Institute who participates in a voice but without a vote.
PARAGRAFO. The Board of Directors shall meet upon convocation of the Director General of the Institute or the Attorney General of the Nation.
