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DECREE N ° 357

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR,

CONSIDERING:

I.-That Articles 2 and 4 of the Constitution recognize that all persons have "the right to freedom"; this has also been understood as an element

inherent in the Constitutional State of Law and a value a fundamental derivative of our humanistic heritage. In this sense, freedom-as equality-is an immediate and inseparable projection of human dignity, so that

social coexistence is only possible from its recognition, as well as from the permanent adequacy of the media.

II.-That Article 14 of the Constitution determines that it is solely for the Judicial Authority to impose penalties; however,

Authority

III.-That by Legislative Decree No. 457 dated March 1, 1990, published in the Official Journal No 70, It took N ° 306, published on 21 March 1990,

the Law of Procedures for the Imposition of the Arrest or Administrative Fine was issued, which is intended to regulate the procedure for the imposition of arrest or fine for the Violation of Laws, Regulations or

Ordinances, the application of which is the responsibility of the Authorities Administrative.

IV.-That for the purpose of giving compliance to the sentence in the process of

unconstitutionality 107-2012, issued by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, on June 29, 2015, in which The final part of Art. 14 of the Secondary Law mentioned in the

Recital is declared unconstitutional, it is made appropriate to conform the same to that established in article 14 of the Constitution.

FOR TANTO,

in use of his Constitutional faculties and at the initiative of the Deputy Mario Alberto Tenorio

Guerrero.

DECRETA, the following:

Reform to the Law on Procedures for the Imposition of the Arrest or Administrative Fine

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