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DECEMBER No. 534

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE SALVADOR,

CONSIDERING:

I.- That the Constitution recognizes as fundamental rights of the person, security, work, private property in social function, that it must be protected in the preservation and defence of the same; that it cannot be deprived of the right to property and possession, or of any other of its rights without being previously heard and expiated in judgment under the laws; recognizing the right to dispose freely of its property and to transmit the property in the manner in which they determine the confiscation;

II.- That it is necessary to strengthen and supplement the measures provided for in the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, ratified by Legislative Decree No. 655, dated 14 September 1993, published in the Official Gazette No. 198, Volume No. 321, of 25 October of the same year; the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, ratified by Legislative Decree No. 164, of the same year, issued in the Official Gazette No.

III.- That crime in any of its forms seriously affects fundamental rights and constitutes a threat to the defence and security, development and peaceful coexistence of Salvadoran society, making it imperative to strengthen the fight against any illicit activity, through a legal mechanism that allows the State to prevent and combat these activities more effectively, proceeding with property of origin or illicit destination, including assets of equivalent value.

IV.- That the only way that exists in El Salvador for the construction of heritage and wealth is that of honest work and with strict adherence to the laws of the Republic; consequently, the rights set forth in the first considering shall not be recognized by the State, nor shall they enjoy constitutional or legal protection, in the case of property of economic interest, of origin or of illicit destination.

V.- That it is vital to establish a legal, autonomous and independent tool for any other process aimed at effectively affecting crime in any of its modalities, through the extinction of dominance over the illicitly obtained or destined assets for illicit activities, while also having the possibility of declaring ownership of such property in favour of the State, without

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pre-criminal conviction, no contraption.

VI.- That in order to ensure a transparent and efficient function in the management and administration of goods subject to precautionary measure or extinguished by final judgement, it is necessary to establish a specialized autonomous agency, as well as to establish provisions on the receipt, identification, inventory, administration, maintenance, preservation, custody and destination of the same.

TANTO,

Juan Antonio Vivarre

DECRETA:

SPECIAL LAW OF EXTINCION DE DOMINIO AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF ILICIT ORIGEN OR DESTINATION BIES

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CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Object of the Law

Art. 1.- The purpose of this Act is to regulate the procedure governing the extinction of dominion in favour of the State, on those goods that are within the budgets that give rise to it.

It also regulates the administration of property and its destination.

Scope of Law Enforcement

Art. 2.- This law shall apply to property of illicit economic interest, origin or destination located within or outside the national territory, when its origin, increase or destination is placed within the budgets contemplated in it, provided that the extinction of dominion is initiated in El Salvador.

When the action of extinction of dominion has been initiated in more than one country, the provisions of the respective international treaty or convention shall be set forth.

Nature of the Law

Art. 3.- The provisions of this Act are of public order and of social interest.

Definitions

Art. 4.- For the purposes of this law, it shall be understood as:

(a) Abandoned assets: are all those, who have not been able to establish the identity of their holder, and having sufficient and probable information that are directly or indirectly related to an illicit activity, and that after the time limit specified in this law, no person has appeared to exercise his or her rights over them;

As well as those who have completed the process have not been claimed;

(b) Goods of economic interest: are all those with a financial value capable of administration and who are generating economic or useful benefits for the State;

(c) Safeguarded property: are all those who are subject to precautionary measures issued by specialized authority or court;

(d) equivalent assets: are those of lawful origin and similar value, whose extinction of dominion is declared to replace assets of illicit origin or destination that have been alienated, destroyed, concealed, disappeared, raised or that by

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any reason the location, identification, seizure, freezing or material apprehension is impossible for the purpose of sentencing as long as they belong to the same holder;

(e) “Instruments”: are the assets used or intended as a means for illicit activities;

(f) “Product”: property derived or obtained directly or indirectly from unlawful activities; and

(g) Third of Good Faith Exempts Guilt: is any natural or legal person declared by the specialized court at any stage of the proceedings, exempt from any act or legal business related to the goods regulated by this law.

Scope of the Act

Art. 5.- This law shall apply to any of the assets described in the budgets that give rise to the extinction of dominion and come from or are intended for activities related to or related to the laundering of money and assets, to organized crime, gangs or gangs, groups, associations and organizations of a criminal nature, acts of terrorism, trafficking in weapons, trafficking and trafficking in persons, offences related to drugs, criminal offences, public profits and other organized offences It will also apply to all assets that constitute an unjustified property increase when there are elements that allow reasonable consideration that come from illicit activities.

Proceedings of Domain Extinction Action

Art. 6.- They are budgets of the origin of the domain extinction action, the following:

(a) In the case of assets that are direct or indirect, instrument or material object of unlawful activities carried out in the national or foreign territory;

(b) In the case of goods that come directly or indirectly from the partial or total transformation or conversion of the product, instrument or material object of illicit activities;

(c) In the case of goods that constitute an unjustified property increase of any natural or legal person, there are no elements that reasonably allow to consider that they come from lawful activities;

(d) In the case of assets of lawful origin that have been used or intended to conceal, conceal, incorporate assets of illicit origin or that have been mixed with property of illicit origin;

(e) In the case of goods declared in abandonment or unclaimed and

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sufficient information that is directly or indirectly related to unlawful activity;

(f) In the case of assets of lawful origin, the value of which is equivalent to the assets that are considered within the budgets of the previous verbatims and the location, seizure or application of any other precautionary measure has not been possible;

(g) In the case of assets of lawful origin belonging to the person against whom the act of extinction of dominion is carried out, the value of which is equivalent to any of the assets described in the preceding subparagraphs, and the right of a third party of good faith without guilt has been credited to them in accordance with this law;

(h) Where the assets or resources concerned come from the disposal or permute of others that have their direct or indirect origin in illicit activities or are proceeds, effect, instrument or object of crime; and

(i) Where the assets and resources investigated have been affected within a criminal proceeding and that the origin of such property, its use or unlawful assignment has not been investigated, or it has not been made on them a final decision for any cause.

The extinction of domain shall proceed independently in that the budgets set out in this Act have occurred prior to their validity.

These budgets will apply for the action of extinction of domain, except to third parties of good faith without fault.

Transmission by Cause of Death

Art. 7.- The assets referred to in the previous article are not legitimized for death. Consequently, the extinction of dominion proceeds over these.

CHAPTER II EXTINATION ACTION

Concept

Art. 8.- The act of extinction of dominion is a patrimonial consequence of the illicit activities, consisting of the declaration of title in favour of the State by judgement of the judicial authority on the property referred to in this law, without counterfeiting, or any compensation for its owner or any person who is or is acting as such.

Nature of Action

Art. 9.- The act of extinction of domain is of a jurisdictional nature, of a real nature and of property content as it is directed against property of origin or illicit destination.

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Autonomy of Action

Art. 10.- Extinction of domain shall be exercised through an autonomous and independent process of any other trial or process.

Resolutions adopted in a criminal proceeding shall not affect the exercise of the action, except as a matter of judgement in the terms of this law.

Presunción de Buena Fe Exenta de Culpa

Art. 11.- For the purposes of this Act, good faith is presumed to be free of guilt in the acquisition and destination of property.

At any stage of the proceedings, the specialized court may recognize the rights of third parties of good faith free of guilt, in any act or legal business related to the property subject of the act of extinction of dominion.

Legal acts

Art. 12.- No legal act carried out on the goods provided for in this Act legitimizes them, except for the rights of third parties of good faith without guilt.

In all cases, it will be understood that illicit acquisition of property is not a fair title.

CHAPTER III

Guarantees

Art. 13.- In the implementation of this Act, the rights recognized in the Constitution, international treaties and conventions and other laws that are inherent in their nature shall be guaranteed and protected.

The actions that limit fundamental rights shall be adopted, following a court order. In case of urgency or other duly substantiated need, the Attorney-General of the Republic directly or through his assistants may order such proceedings and shall inform the specialized court within twenty-four hours of its ratification, which shall be decided within twenty-four hours.

Right of the Affected

Art. 14.- During the proceedings, the following rights shall be recognized:

(a) To have access to the process directly and through the assistance and representation of a lawyer since the submission of the application for extinction of domain, or from the realization of the precautionary measures;

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(b) To know the facts and foundations underlying the process in clear and understandable terms;

(c) To present and request evidence and to intervene widely in the protection of their rights;

(d) Controvert the claims that are being asserted against property; and

(e) Relinquish the probative debate and opt for an advance ruling on extinction of domain.

Compared to the Process

Art. 15.- Those who, on the occasion of the act of extinction of dominion, notified under this law, exercise their rights, shall appear by counsel or personally, if any, before the specialized court that is knowing the proceedings, under the penalty of declaring their rebellion.

The same rule applies to minors or legally declared disabled persons.

Cosa Juzgada

Art. 16.- The affected person may prove that a strong or enforceable favorable judgment has been issued, which has the effect of the matter judged by the identity of subjects, object and cause.

CHAPTER IV

Specialized Tribunals in Extinction of Domain

Art. 17.- The Specialized Tribunals in Extinction of Dominion are independent in the exercise of jurisdictional function and shall be subject only to the Constitution, international law and other laws.

Creation of Specialized Tribunals in Extinction of Dominion

Art. 18. The Legislative Assembly shall establish the corresponding courts in this matter on the proposal of the Supreme Court of Justice, in accordance with articles 131 ordinal 31 and 133 ordinal 3 of the Constitution of the Republic.

Exercise of Action

Art. 19.- Within the framework of its constitutional powers, it is up to the Office of the Attorney-General to direct, with the cooperation of the National Civil Police and in the manner in which it determines this law, the investigation to establish and substantiate the concurrence of one or more of the extinction budgets of dominion set out in this Law, as well as to promote the extinction of dominion before the specialized courts.

In order to fulfil the powers assigned by this Law, the Attorney General of the

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Republic will organize and form the Specialized Tax Unit in Extinction of Dominion.

Faculty of the Specialized Prosecutor in the Research Phase

Art. 20.- In addition to the powers specified in the criminal procedure, the specialized prosecutor, in the development of this stage, may:

(a) To use any evidence and all research techniques that it deems necessary, as long as respect for fundamental rights is guaranteed;

(b) Take or direct order the application of precautionary measures and dispose of all actions that it deems necessary on goods subject to investigation, where it is urgent and there are substantial grounds, as stated in this law; or request the specialized judge to apply, in strict compliance with the formalities and deadlines provided for in the Constitution and other laws;

(c) Submit the application for extinction of domain, materialized the precautionary measure, or order the file of the investigation in accordance with the provisions of this law; and,

(d) Request information and require the intervention of the National Civil Police and the collaboration of public officials and employees.

Attributions of the National Civil Police

Art. 21.- It shall be incumbent upon the National Civil Police, under the functional direction of the Attorney General of the Republic, through its auxiliary agents, to collaborate in the conduct of the investigation in order to establish and substantiate the concurrence of the budgets of the action of extinction of dominion set out in this law.

Exceptionally, the National Civil Police may ex officio, conduct the first inquiries, and must communicate and provide the specialized prosecutor within eight hours, the information collected and the procedures carried out for the continuation of the investigation under the direction of the investigation.

For the above, the director-general of the police institution will create the Dominion Extinction Patrimonial Research Division.

Excuses and Challenges

Art. 22.- Incidents on excuses and recussions of judges, secretaries and prosecutors shall be carried out in accordance with the general provisions of common law.

CHAPTER V PROCEDURES

Implementation of precautionary measures

Art. 23.- Property subject to domain extinction action may be decreed

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precautionary measures contained in the Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure, under the rules and conditions set forth in the Code, with the amendments established in this Law.

The precautionary measures shall be executed regardless of who is the holder of the good. The specialized prosecutor shall not be required to request or dispose of precautionary measures.

THE SPECIALIZED SYSTEM TO BE INVESTIGATION, THE SPECIALIZED SYSTEM WILL BE INVESTIGATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXTINATION ACTION OF DOMINIFICE OR DECREASE THE ARCHIBITED SEGUN CORRESPONDAY, IN A MXIMPLEMENT OF NOVATE DIES, THE SINCE OF DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AND PENRAL ACTIONS TO MAKE LUCY. (1)

Notification records

Art. 24.- Acts of judicial communication to those affected and third parties in the process of extinction of domain shall be subject to the provisions of the Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure.

CHAPTER VI

Domain Extinction Action Exercise

Art. 25.- It shall be incumbent upon the specialized prosecutor of office, on complaint or notice, to direct the investigation, when any of the budgets provided for in this Act are incurred.

As soon as a prosecutor in charge of a criminal proceeding is aware of the existence of assets subject to the application of the provisions of this Act, he shall inform the Specialized Prosecutor ' s Unit responsible for extinction of dominion.

Stapas

Art. 26.- The procedure consists of two stages, an initial or investigation stage to be carried out by the specialized prosecutor, in accordance with the powers assigned in this Law and a procedural stage to be initiated from the promotion of extinction of dominion before the specialized court.

Initial or Research Stage

Art. 27.- At this stage, the specialized prosecutor will initiate and direct the investigation, with the aim of:

(a) Identify, locate and locate the assets on which the action could fall, for being in a domain extinction budget;

(b) Locate potential affected in their rights on property below

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a budget of extinction of domain, or a third party of good faith exempt from guilt;

(c) Collect information or material elements that prevent the concurrence of any of the extinction budgets provided for in this Act;

(d) Accredit the link or link between any of the budgets for extinction of the domain, the illicit activity that corresponds and the assets subject to extinction of domain;

(e) To reverse the presumption of good faith without guilt; and,

(f) DECREASE CAUTELARES PERTINENT MEASURES ON SUJECTS TO THE EXTINATION ACTION OF DOMINIO AND SOMETERLAS TO RATIFICATION OF THE SPECIALIZED BODY FOR NEXT TO THE NEXT HÁBILE DIES. (1)

The performance will be reserved until the application for extinction of domain or the materialization of the precautionary measures.

Finalization of the Initial or Research Stage

Art. 28.- The initial or research phase will conclude with the presentation of the application for origin of the domain extinction action or the file resolution of the investigation.

The specialized prosecutor may order the file of the proceedings when, after obtaining the evidence, it is not possible to substantiate any of the budgets invoked in this Law.

The resolution ordering the file must be ratified by the superior prosecutor.

The decision to file has no value of what is judged. The prosecutor may reopen the case when new indications or evidence appear to reverse the reasons why the file was ordered.

File decisions shall be subject to the relevant audits and controls and, for that purpose, the responsible unit shall consider, within its annual work plan, to audit a sample of the cases filed.

Domain Extinction Request Requirements

Art. 29.- The specialized prosecutor shall write to the specialized judge the request for extinction of domain, which shall contain the following:

(a) The complete narrative of the facts on which his request is based, in chronological order, complete and illustrating the specialized judge about what happened;

(b) The description and identification of the property subject to request for the initiation of the domain extinction action;

(c) The budget on which your request is based;

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(d) The name, the identification data and the address of residence or business of persons who might have an interest in the matter or, if not, should indicate the reason why it prevented its location;

(e) Indicate and provide driving evidence;

(f) The precautionary measures if there is any place; and

(g) Request for urgent investigations or acts of evidence requiring judicial authorization in accordance with common law.

If any of these requirements are lacking, the specialized court shall order that they be completed, setting a three-day period of work. If the data is not completed, the request shall be declared inadmissible. If the application is declared inadmissible, the specialized prosecutor may lodge the appeal.

Proceeding Phase

Art. 30.- The procedural phase will begin with the presentation by the specialized prosecutor of the application for extinction of domain before the respective specialized judge.

Decision on the Application of Extinction of Domain

Art. 31.- Received the written application for extinction of domain, the specialized court shall resolve in a term not exceeding five days; if it admits it to the processing or prevents the specialized prosecutor so that in the end of three days the formal defects are subsidized, indicating the reasons behind his decision.

In the same decision to admit the application to proceedings, the specialized court shall decide on the precautionary measures requested and their execution, the reservation of the proceedings and order the notification of their admission, after the execution of the precautionary measures.

Transfer of Request for Start

Art. 32.- Once the application for extinction of the domain has been notified, the specialized judge will be transferred to the affected persons, so that the latter will be pronounced within twenty days by making the proceedings available.

Following this last period, the specialized judge will set the day and time for the preparatory hearing, which will be held within 10 days.

Preparatory hearing

Art. 33.- The appointed day and time, the specialized court will hold the preparatory hearing, in which it will resolve any incidental matter alleged, as well as the admission or rejection of the evidence.

The preparatory hearing will:

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(a) Planning incidents, exceptions and invalidities;

(b) Verify the legitimacy and interest of the parties involved in the trial; and

(c) Solve about the admission or rejection of the tests offered.

Upon completion of the hearing, the record will be read and the date and time for the sentencing hearing, which will take place within the next fifteen working days and will be notified to the parties.

Judgment hearing

Art. 34.- In the development of the hearing and following the order of intervention of the preparatory hearing, the parties will submit their initial pleadings, produce the evidence in the prescribed manner and present the factual and legal arguments that underpin their request.

The judgement hearing shall not last longer than thirty days, except for exceptional cases of duly motivated complexity, in which case it may be extended for one time to the same term.

Upon completion of the above, the specialized court shall decree the closure of the hearing and shall set the date and time for the reading of judgment, in a term not exceeding fifteen days.

CHAPTER VII

Test Means

Art. 35.- All means of evidence that are useful and relevant to the investigation of the truth shall be admissible.

Evidence practiced lawfully and validly in judicial or administrative proceedings, within or outside the country, may be transferred and appreciated in accordance with the rules of sound criticism and in compliance with the principles of advertising and contradiction.

Charge of the Test

Art. 36.- It is up to each of the parties to prove the basis behind their procedural position.

Review of the Test

Art. 37.- The test will be appreciated together and according to the rules of sound criticism.

Exclusion of the licit test

Art. 38.- The specialized court shall exclude evidence obtained in violation of rights

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without prejudice to the application of cases of exception to the evidentiary rule provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure.

CHAPTER VIII

Content of the Judgment

Art. 39.- The sentence declaring the extinction of domain will be based on relevant, useful, legal and timely evidence.

The specialized court shall declare the extinction of the domain of the good, as alleged and proven, according to the rules of sound criticism.

The sentence shall contain:

(a) Identification of assets and affected persons;

(b) Summary of application for extinction of domain and opposition;

(c) Expression of the foundations of fact and law;

(d) Review of the test;

(e) Motivated statement on the origin or improcedence of the claim for extinction of domain;

(f) Recognize the rights of third parties in good faith without guilt; and,

(g) Declaring the origin of extinction of domain over equivalent assets.

Against this judgement only appeals with suspensive effect.

Proceedings and Administration

Art. 40.- The expenses that are generated with the process of extinction of domain, will be paid from the financial returns of the goods that were made available to their administration.

Expenditure generated by the administration of property shall be paid from resources from extinct property.

Judgment

Art. 41.- If the judge deems the request for extinction of dominion in favour of the State, he shall declare in his sentence the extinction of dominion over all real, principal or accessories on the property of origin or illicit destination, refraining from ordering the cessation of any measure

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as long as the sentence does not stand and will order that, the administration of them, proceed to perform or maintain it by the State.

If the judgement declares that there is no claim for extinction of dominion, the return of the property or its equivalent shall be ordered, where they have been disposed of in advance, in respect of which the person concerned has proved the legitimate origin of the property and the rights it exercises, operating in such a case the suspensive effect provided for in the preceding paragraph until the judgement is final.

The final judgment that declares the extinction of dominion, in addition to being a legitimate and executive title, will have the effect of transferring the respective property in favour of the State, in order to proceed in accordance with the established legal provisions. The corresponding public records are required to register for third-party effectiveness.

Early Judgement

Art. 42.- The affected person may enter the domain extinction action. The specialized court shall assess the application and issue a judgement.

Special Rule of Extinction of Dominion by Abandon

Art. 43.- In the case of abandoned property, provided that the budgets set out in article 6 (e) are met, the prosecutor of the case shall bring to the order of the specialized court such property, irrespective of its economic value, duly identified, and the description of all circumstances of the finding or discovery thereof.

The specialized court shall order that edicts be published, in order to grant a period of thirty working days for the person who considers himself the holder of the abandoned property, to come to claim them and to contradict the evidence and indications gathered in the investigation, demonstrating the lawful origin and its ownership, and in such case, the law shall be returned to the person; otherwise the law shall be required against such person.

If the time period referred to above is not submitted by a person requesting ownership of the abandoned property, the specialized court shall, by sentencing, declare the extinction of dominion on the grounds of abandonment and its ownership in favour of the State.

CHAPTER IX

Resources

Art. 44.- Contrary to the first-instance resolutions, only appeals and revokes shall be made in accordance with the general provisions, requirements and procedures provided for in common law, as appropriate.

With regard to the terms and time limits for the substance of the remedies, the provisions of this Law shall apply.

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Appeals Resolutions

Art. 45.- The appeal may be lodged against the following resolutions:

(a) A person who admits or rejects a precautionary measure;

(b) The one that declares the requirement of extinction of domain inadmissible;

(c) The one that decides an exception and nullity at the preparatory hearing; and,

(d) The sentence that declares the origin or improcedence of the extinction of domain.

Appellate Proceedings

Art. 46.- The appeal shall be made in the absence, misinterpretation or incorrect application of this Law, provided that these reasons relate to the law applied, the facts or the assessment of the evidence.

CHAPTER X NULITIES

Causes of Nulity

Art. 47.- The following causes of invalidity are:

(a) Lack of competition;

(b) Violation of due process; and

(c) Lack or defects in notification or location.

The declaration of nullity shall not affect the precautionary measures adopted, unless the nullity affects the grounds.

In the case of verbatim (a), there shall be invalidity of the entire process in the case of the alleged material incompetence; and in the cases provided for in subparagraphs (b) and (c), the act or diligence in which the offence has occurred shall be invalidated and those related to it; in such cases, the act shall be replaced whenever possible, renewing it, rectifying the error or fulfilling the omitted act.

In all matters not provided for in this chapter, the provisions of the supplementary regulations provided for in this Act shall be subject to the provisions of this Act.

Opportunity of the Nulities

Art. 48.- Nullities may be invoked at the preparatory hearing and at the judgement hearing.

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CHAPTER XI COLABORATION

Collaboration and Access to Information

Art. 49.- For the purposes of this Law, the Attorney-General of the Republic may require the cooperation of public officials and any State authority, who shall be obliged to provide it.

It may also require the agencies and institutions of the State and of any authority, information or documentation that it deems necessary to support a process of extinction of dominion, who shall have the obligation to issue, where appropriate, the information required to them without delay, in writing or any electronic means, within the maximum of three working days, and may consider direct access to their respective databases.

Duty of the Public Information Server

Art. 50.- Any authority, official, employee or agent of authority that is aware of the existence of assets that may be subject to the act of extinction of dominion is obliged to report immediately to the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic.

Failure to comply with this obligation on the part of the public servant shall constitute a disciplinary offence, which may result in appropriate administrative sanctions, in accordance with the current legal system, without prejudice to the corresponding criminal liability.

Collaboration of the Particular

Art. 51.- Natural or legal persons in the exercise of their business, professional or similar activities shall be obliged to report inexcusable, immediate and sufficient form to the Specialized Tax Unit for the Extinction of Domain, any relevant information on the existence of goods whose value or characteristic does not relate to the economic activity reported by the persons with whom they perform business or contracts of goods or services, or they are removed from the usual or conventional patterns of domination;

Institutional collaboration

Art. 52.- For the purposes of this Law, the offices and tax units will collaborate with the Specialized Extinction Unit.

Reservation

Art. 53.- For the implementation of this Law, all persons referred to in the two previous articles and the authorities who, by any means, are obliged to keep a reservation.

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CHAPTER XII INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION

Faculty of Share Extinguished Goods

Art. 54.- The State may share and request goods or resources that are affected by the extinction of dominion by national specialized court or foreign authority, in accordance with the principles governing international cooperation or bilateral or multilateral agreements signed by El Salvador, and in the absence of such, under the principle of reciprocity.

Application of International Conventions

Art. 55- International conventions and treaties on mutual legal or legal cooperation and assistance, as well as any other agreement regulating such collaboration in the field of the localization, identification, recovery and extinction of the domain of property, signed, approved and ratified by the State, are fully applicable to the cases provided for in this Law, through the procedures established in the Mutua Legal Assistance Conventions.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Attorney-General of the Republic may directly require or obtain information from the authorities of the State, territory or jurisdiction where the property subject to extinction of domain is located or suspected, or may be transferred to the place abroad or delegated to his auxiliary prosecutors to carry out the relevant investigations.

The information or documents obtained may be incorporated into the process of extinction of domain following the procedure established in the applicable legal system.

If a State as the recipient of a request for cooperation elects to subordinate the measures requested to the existence of a relevant treaty, El Salvador shall invoke the applicable international instrument.

International assistance and cooperation

Art. 56.- In order to provide mutual legal assistance to which the preceding article refers, in respect of investigations and procedures, the purpose of which is the extinction of dominion over property of origin or unlawful destination in the national territory, dictated by the specialized court, pursuant to an order of seizure, or extinction of dominion issued by a court of another State and in accordance with the established legal procedures, may, by a well-founded decision, order any such precautionary measures as may be considered.

Proceeding of the request for assistance and cooperation

Art. 57.- Applications for assistance for extinction of domain shall be answered in accordance with the provisions of the applicable legal system.

Before lifting any action taken in accordance with the provisions of this Law, The

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Salvador as a requested State shall, whenever possible, give the requesting State the opportunity to present its reasons for maintaining the measure in force.

Requests for Assistance and Cooperation

Art. 58.- The application submitted pursuant to the preceding article shall contain at least:

(a) A certification in legal form of the order of imposition of the precautionary measure, or of the final decision of extinction of domain issued by the requesting State;

(b) A description of the assets concerned, their location and, where appropriate, their estimated value;

(c) An explicit statement of the facts on which the request and information is based to execute the order; and,

(d) Indicate the measures taken by the requesting State Party to provide adequate notification to third parties in good faith without fault or to potential victims to ensure due process.

Procedure of the request for assistance and cooperation

Art. 59.- Upon receipt of the request for assistance and cooperation from a State with jurisdiction to declare the extinction of dominion, it shall be handled in accordance with the rules of domestic law.

CHAPTER XIII CREATION AND NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION

ADMINISTRATION OF FIELDS

From the Council

Art. 60.- See the National Property Management Council, which will henceforth be called “CONAB”, as an entity of public law, of indefinite duration, with a legal personality and its own heritage, with autonomy in the exercise of its functions, both in the technical, administrative and budgetary execution.

It will be attached to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security for budgetary purposes.

He shall be responsible for the administration, maintenance and destination of the goods regulated by this Law, and for establishing the procedures for this.

The CONAB, for the fulfilment of its functions, will have an Executive Directorate, as an administrative body responsible for implementing the decisions of the Board of Directors, and with the technical and administrative units necessary for its operation.

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Integration of the Board of Directors

Art. 61.- The Board shall consist of six owners and their respective alternates appointed by the following officers:

(a) Minister of Justice and Public Security, who shall preside;

(b) President of the Supreme Court of Justice;

(c) Attorney-General of the Republic;

(d) Minister of National Defence;

(e) Minister of Finance; and

(f) Director of the National Civil Police.

The staff member shall appoint his or her representatives when taking office.

The Board of Directors shall carry out its functions independently, transparency, ethics and efficiency, and shall be responsible for the decisions taken, shall normally session once a month and extraordinarily as many times as necessary in the place to which it designates.

The president's director will have the legal representation of CONAB, with the powers granted by the regulations and those expressly granted by the Board of Directors.

The alternates shall replace the owners in the event of death, waiver, permit, reasonable impossibility, by reason of justified excuse or when there is a conflict of interest or other valid reason.

Functions of the Board of Directors

Art. 62.- The functions of the Council are:

(a) Establish general policies and guidelines to ensure compliance with their objectives;

(b) Approval of the destination of the own goods and those subject to their administration; as well as leases, administration, trusts, disposal, auction or donation thereof;

(c) Name depositaries, administrators, interveners, trustees and specialized third parties;

(d) To appoint the executive director, the internal auditor and other officials required for the operation of CONAB;

(e) Adopt its annual work plan, budget and financial statements;

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(f) To know the financial report on the management and distribution of resources in the Special Fund, in accordance with the distribution set out in this Law;

(g) Adopt the necessary organizational, functional and wage structure;

(h) To hear appeals against the decisions of the executive director;

(i) Establish cooperation agreements with administrative and judicial authorities, national and international;

(j) Adopt its internal regulations and other necessary regulatory and technical instruments for the implementation of this Law;

(k) Any other functions and obligations which this Law and other regulations confer upon it;

(l) Apply the disciplinary regime to officials in accordance with the respective laws and regulations; and

(m) Issue the guidelines to which the depositaries, administrators, intervening managers and trustees of the administered assets should be adjusted.

Requirements for Board Members

Art. 63.- To be a member of the Board of Directors it is necessary to be Salvadoran by birth, over thirty-five years of age, to be recognized as honour and probity, to be in full exercise of their civil rights, and to have a university degree and notorious competence in matters related to their powers.

They shall also submit the finiquito issued by the Court of Accounts of the Republic, as well as the affidavit of the state of their heritage, in accordance with article 3 of the Law on the Illegal Enrichment of Officials and Public Employees.

Causes of Inability

Art. 64.- The following are causes of inability to be elected member of the Board of Directors:

(a) Those who are legally incapable;

(b) Spouses, convivors or relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or second degree of affinity of the President or Vice-President of the Republic or of the members of the Council of Ministers, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Attorney-General of the Republic or the President of the Court of Accounts of the Republic, the director of the National Civil Police;

(c) The spouse, cohabitant or relative up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or second

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of the members of the Council;

(d) Those who are in a state of bankruptcy, suspension of payment or contest of creditors or those who have been judicially qualified responsible for a culposa or dolosa bankruptcy;

(e) Insolvents for the payment of food due by competent authority;

(f) Insolvents of their tax obligations;

(g) Offences of any kind involving lack of probity; and

(h) Those convicted of dollous crimes.

Prohibitions

Art. 65.- The members of the Board of Trustees shall keep strict confidentiality on the matters of treaties and documents, which, on the basis of their capacity as a member of the Council, are handed over.

Nor shall they use or take advantage of such information for personal purposes, in favour of third parties or in detriment of the functions or decisions against the CONAB, in which case it shall be liable for damages caused, without prejudice to the legal or administrative actions appropriate.

In addition, they may not acquire any good under the circumstances of this Act on a personal or interposite basis.

Causes of Remotion

Art. 66- Members of the Board of Directors may only be separated from their position by decision taken by the authority that appointed them and with the expression of cause.

The following causes of removal:

(a) To resort to some of the prohibitions set out in this Act;

(b) Severe and manifest failures in the exercise of their functions or not to act diligently;

(c) Have been convicted of serious crimes;

(d) Have lost or been suspended from their citizens ' rights; and

(e) Observe immoral behaviour that may compromise the seriousness or impartiality of the exercise of his or her office or exert undue influences by prevaliding over it.

Where any of the cases referred to in this article occur or any

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of the inability established by law shall be removed from office.

Attributions of the President of the Council

Art. 67.- The president of CONAB shall exercise the legal representation, may grant powers and shall be entitled to hold all kinds of acts and contracts, and may delegate such attribution in specific cases and upon approval of the Board of Directors.

It will engage with public, private, non-governmental organizations, international agencies, among others, and must ensure that CONAB is in good progress in accordance with the provisions of this Law and its respective regulations.

It will also correspond to you:

(a) To convene a meeting of the Board of Directors;

(b) To inform the Council of matters of interest and to propose such agreements as it deems appropriate; and,

(c) To exercise the other functions and powers assigned to it by this Law, the respective regulations and other applicable legal provisions.

Executive direction

Art. 68.- The Executive Directorate of CONAB is the administrative body subordinated to the Board of Directors, which will be headed by an executive director appointed by the Board.

The executive director will participate in the meetings of the Council, with a voice but without a vote.

Functions of the Executive Director

Art. 69.- The functions and duties of the executive director are:

(a) To comply with and ensure compliance with the laws, regulations, resolutions and agreements of the Board of Directors;

(b) Organize all administrative units and ensure their proper functioning.

(c) To develop and propose to CONAB a work memory project;

(d) To produce and submit a monthly report to CONAB on the actions taken;

(e) Develop the draft regular and extraordinary budgets for the corresponding fiscal period and the respective modifications and, once approved, monitor their correct implementation;

(f) To develop and submit to CONAB for approval, administrative proposals and

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property management;

(g) To submit to CONAB the financial statements of the goods administered;

(h) Supervise the depositary, administrators, interveners, trustees and specialized third parties and report to CONAB;

(i) Organizing, coordinating and executing public auction sales approved by the Board of Directors, having to subscribe to the respective transfer documents that exercise the legal representation of CONAB;

(j) Organizing, coordinating and conducting processes related to the receipt of goods;

(k) Develop proposals for the management, administration and destination of assets;

(l) Apply the disciplinary regime to employees in accordance with the respective laws and regulations;

(m) To keep the inventory of managed goods updated;

(n) Establish controls for efficient and effective management of warehouses and warehouses of managed goods; and,

(o) To exercise the other functions and powers assigned to it by the CONAB, this Law, the regulations and other applicable legal provisions.

Requirements for the Post of Executive Director

Art. 70.- These are requirements for the position of executive director of CONAB:

(a) Be professional in the field of Administration, Finance or Counsel;

(b) Salvadoran by birth;

(c) Over thirty-five years of age;

(d) Recognized honourability and probity;

(e) To be in the full exercise of their civil rights;

(f) Poseer notorious competition and more than five years of accredited professional experience;

(g) Not having been convicted prior to any criminal offence;

(h) Failure to be held accountable for proceedings in prior institutions; and

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(i) Do not have any kinship up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or second degree of affinity with the President of the Republic, members of the Council of Ministers, members of the Board of Directors, or any other official or employee of the CONAB.

Prohibitions

Art. 71.- The executive director is prohibited:

(a) To exercise liberal professions outside of office or consulting, except teaching;

(b) Carry out other paid or ad honorem charges;

(c) Holding leadership positions in political parties;

(d) To acquire, by itself, or through third parties, property of those covered by this Act;

(e) Request debit cards from the opened accounts, unless expressly authorized by the Board of Directors;

(f) Opening of encrypted accounts; and

(g) Conduct transactions of account transfer through electronic banking without express authorization from the Board of Directors.

Violation of any of these prohibitions will result in the dismissal of the executive director.

Patrimonial regime

Art. 72.- The heritage of CONAB shall consist of:

(a) An initial contribution from the General Budget of the State for foundational capital, sufficient for its establishment and initial functioning;

(b) Transfers of resources to be appropriated annually in the General Budget of the State;

(c) Transfers from the Special Fund established by this Law;

(d) Extraordinary sports provided by the State for any reason;

(e) National and foreign heritages, legacies and donations aimed at achieving the objectives of CONAB;

(f) Furniture and immovable property and values acquired for any title at the beginning of its functions or during its operation; and,

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(g) Any other established in the laws of the Republic.

CONAB Tax Regime

Art. 73.- The CONAB shall be exempt from all types of taxes, fees and any form of contribution or tax, except for payment of the tax on the transfer of movable goods and the provision of services.

It shall also request exemption from payment of municipal tax obligations, in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Tax Law.

CHAPTER XIV ADMINISTRATION AND DESTINED OF

Administration

Art. 74.- The management of the property will aim to allocate them to profitable activities according to their normal and regular use, ensuring their maintenance and conservation.

For their destination, the assets may be delivered in administration, concession, sale, lease, financial lease, establishment of trust, investment funds, purchase of capital assets, acquisition of shares in recognized companies, whose risk classification represents security for their investment, and in general, grant any legal act on them under any form of contract recognized by national law.

Partnership

Art.75.- All public institutions are obliged to provide the CONAB with the cooperation it requires in the performance of its functions.

Property Management and Destination

Art. 76.- Goods of economic interest on which precautionary measures have been decreed and are not subject to registration shall immediately be transferred to the CONAB administration.

In the case of property registered, preventive notice must also be ordered in the respective registry.

When the property has been subject to extinction of dominion, it must pass materially and recordly in favour of the State, if the latter were appropriate.

Both the transfer and registration in favour of the State shall not generate any tax or registration fee.

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Practice of Diligence

Art. 77.- When the Office of the Procurator-General of the Republic or the specialized court requires any diligence that involves goods under the administration of CONAB, it will collaborate and provide all the facilities for the conduct of such proceedings.

Appointment of Depositaries, Administrators, Trustees, Interventors

Art. 78.- The CONAB may administer the assets directly or appoint depositaries, administrators, trustees, interveners, who will have the powers and obligations granted to them to perform the acts inherent in the assigned function.

Recruitment

Art. 79.- The CONAB may enter into lease contracts, such as data, administration, trustees, intervenors and any other necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes; it may also adopt alternative or special procedures for the administration and maintenance of property.

Valuation of Goods

Art. 80.- The CONAB shall order the value of the goods under its administration, which shall be carried out by experts of the public institutions of the State, to which they shall grant them the permission for them to perform the expertise, in order to give them compliance with this Law.

Without prejudice to the above, CONAB will be able to perform contracting of expert reviewers according to the nature of the good.

Sale, Destruction or Donation of Products and Substances Subjects to Special Control and Control.

Art. 81.- In the case of products or substances subject to special control and control on which precautionary measures have been ordered, upon technical opinion, the prosecutor may request the specialized court to dispose of or destroy them, through CONAB. The proceeds of this disposal shall be deposited in the special fund created by this Law.

If the alienation is not achieved, the CONAB will proceed, as appropriate, to destroy them.

In the event of the destruction, it is up to the CONAB to carry out it in accordance with the procedures and mechanisms established by the competent authorities for that purpose, at the expense of the affected person where possible.

Disposal and surrender

Art. 82.- At the request of the prosecutor, the specialized court shall order the disposal in advance

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of goods subject to precautionary measure that are at risk of perishing, losing, depreciating, or that their administration and maintenance carries damage or excessive cost to the State, the same will be done when it comes to semovants or other animals.

The proceeds of disposal and returns of goods subject to precautionary measures shall be deposited by the CONAB, in accordance with the provisions set out in this Law, until the origin or non-extinction of domain is declared in final resolution.

Goods

Art. 83.- In the case of goods subject to precautionary measures that are encumbered, the CONAB, through the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic, may request the specialized court to proceed with advance disposal. The proceeds of disposal shall be deposited in the special fund created by this Law until its destination is decided, after deduction of the expenses incurred by CONAB for its disposal.

CONAB may cancel its arrears in respect of property or property charges of good faith free of guilt, which affect the goods subject to precautionary measures or extinction of the domain, when:

(a) Declared the extinction of the domain and recognized the real rights, it may proceed to the disposal of the goods and pay the credit. The CONAB may also deliver the good in payment, when it deems appropriate;

(b) It deems appropriate to its interests, may be a third party interested in any stage, in the enforcement processes regulated by the Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure, and pay the amount owed to creditors of good faith without guilt; and,

(c) Advance disposal of goods subject to precautionary measures is authorized when they are at risk of perishing, deteriorating, depreciating or retaining damages or disproportionate costs to their value or administration, upon recognition of real rights. The same will take place when it comes to semovants or other animals.

Temporary Suspension of Existing Obligations Payment

Art. 84.- Payment of taxes, corresponding rights and other existing obligations on goods subject to precautionary measure under the administration of CONAB shall be suspended for the duration of the proceedings, or until the specialized court makes a final ruling on extinction of dominion.

This period will also suspend the term to initiate or continue the processes of collection of outstanding obligations, as well as the generation of morbid interests additional to existing ones at the time of interim action.

Upon receipt of the trade of the specialized court ordering the delivery of the good to CONAB, it shall correspond to this procedure of the suspension indicated within three days to the corresponding authorities, in order to give effect.

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In cases of advance disposal of the assets, from the proceeds of disposal, the value of outstanding obligations at the time of suspension shall be cancelled.

In the event that a judicial decision orders the CONAB to return the property to the affected person, the latter shall only be obliged to comply with the payment of the existing obligations at the time of the adoption of precautionary measures, as well as those generated from their return.

The declaration of extinction of dominion for the State shall not extinguish the outstanding tax and economic obligations, being the responsibility of the former owner or holder of the right of the extinct good, cancel them.

Provisional Use of Precautionary Measured Goods

Art. 85.- The CONAB, after the use of the object of precautionary measures, may authorize the provisional use of the goods that by their nature, characteristics or value require to be used to avoid their deterioration exclusively to the institutions that participate or collaborate in the investigation and the process of extinction of domain. The procedure for the provisional use of a property shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements and provisions set out for that purpose in the Regulations of this Law.

Prior to the delivery of the goods, the institution or agency that will make provisional use of the goods, will present the corresponding insurance policy against damage, fire or other sinisters, in order to guarantee the compensation for loss, deterioration or destruction.

In order to comply with this provision, the institutions concerned may have a specific item within their institutional budget for each fiscal year to cover their cost, as well as to cover the costs incurred by the maintenance of the goods in use.

In cases of vehicles with foreign plate or registration, not registered or not nationalized, the CONAB request will be sufficient for the competent authorities to grant the corresponding permits and documentation for the temporary movement in the national territory.

Destruction of Property in Deterior State

Art. 86.- When an asset declared in abandonment or unclaimed presents an obvious state of deterioration that makes its administration, maintenance, repair, improvement or use impossible or excessively onerous, the specialized prosecutor, after expert opinion, shall request authorization from the specialized court to order its destruction. The CONAB will proceed with the order.

Granting of Consumption Perishables

Art. 87.- The CONAB, after technical or expert analysis, may donate to public institutions or private charitable organizations constituted for the purpose of social assistance, those perishable goods of easy and rapid deterioration or which cannot be sold for their low monetary value under their administration.

The CONAB shall refer to the specialized court, certification of the donation record and the technical or expert opinion made to the gifted good.

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Destruction of Perishable Consumption Goods

Art. 88.- In cases where the provisions of the previous articles do not apply, the CONAB, through a well-founded resolution, shall proceed to the destruction of perishable consumer goods, lifting a record of destruction, communicating to the specialized court the act.

Property donation

Art. 89.- In the case of vehicles, equipment, ships, aircraft, weapons, ammunition, explosives, similar goods and other movable goods that serve to carry out their mission and to strengthen the institutions responsible for the combat and prevention of illicit activities related to article 1 of this Law, they may also be handed over to donation in accordance with the legal mechanisms established in a priority manner to the Armed Forces, Special Units of the National Civil Police, of the Office of the Judiciary

In the case of real estate under the CONAB administration, the donation shall be made in accordance with established legal procedures.

Special Inscriptions

Art. 90.- In the case of goods subject to registration that have alterations of signs and marks that prevent or impossibilize their proper registration, the competent authority responsible for the control and registration, shall grant a special identification for their due individualization and registration for the State through CONAB.

These goods may only be used or donated by the State through CONAB and may not be disposed of or auctioned. The same prohibition will have those beneficiaries of donation.

The resolution of the specialized court ordering the registration of goods with foreign registrations, plates or identification numbers shall replace the declaration of goods and all customs documents, in order to be appropriate with due registration or registration for the State through CONAB through the authority responsible for the competent control and registration.

Similarly, these goods subject to registration shall be exempt from payment of all taxes, fees and tariffs to which such records are subject.

Abandoned property

Art. 91.- Judicially ordered the return of goods affected with precautionary measures, and not having been claimed within one month, they shall be awarded by the specialized court to the State through the CONAB, except in cases where they are ordered to be sold in public auction, the proceeds of which shall enter the Special Fund established in this Law.

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Public Subasts

Art. 92.- Without prejudice to the sales of the goods under its administration, the CONAB shall, when required, perform public auctions at least once a year in order to update the inventories of goods under its administration.

CHAPTER XV SPECIAL FUND OF CAUTELARES OR FOR EXTINATION

Special Fund for Moneys Objects of Caution or Extinction

Art. 93.- Consider a special fund, which will henceforth be referred to as “the Fund” to be administered by CONAB, and will be made up of the money on which they have sought precautionary measures or have been extinguished, as well as the monetary resources derived from the liquidation of the assets or securities of illicit origin.

The Fund established shall be managed through a special budget, in accordance with the provisions set out in the Regulations of this Law.

Destiny of Dineros and Rendiciones de la Enajenación de los Goods Extinguidos

Art. 94- Moneys and returns generated by the disposal of extinct goods shall be assigned in accordance with the following distribution:

1. Fifteen percent (15%) to CONAB, intended for the maintenance and administration of goods;

2. Thirty-five per cent (35%) to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, which will be used for the implementation of prevention and research programmes and to strengthen the operational and investigative capacity of the National Civil Police;

3. Thirty-five per cent (35%) to the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic, funds to be allocated to the specialized areas responsible for the investigation of drug trafficking offences, money laundering, the Tax Extinction Unit of Dominio and the tax units responsible for the investigation of organized crime crimes;

4. Ten percent (10%) will be assigned to the Ministry of National Defence; and,

5. Five percent (5%) to the Attorney General's Office.

The transfer of funds to the beneficiary entities identified in the previous numerals shall be made annually and shall be subject to the submission of a report on the financial performance and the destination of the funds delivered in the previous year.

The Executive Director shall submit a biannual report to the Board of Directors or a report on the Fund ' s yields and utilization.

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All activities of the Fund shall be controlled by the Court of Accounts of the Republic and subject to an Internal Audit.

Opening of Accounts

Art. 95- The CONAB shall open deposit accounts at the hearing and term certificates, in national or foreign currency of legal course, in any of the banking or financial institutions, public or private, supervised by the Superintendence of the Financial System, in order that the money on which it has withdrawn the precautionary measure or has been extinguished, the monetary resources or securities subject to precautionary measures, as well as the derivatives of the disposal of animals

The CONAB will also be able to enter into contracts for the purchase of safe deposit boxes at the Banks of the Financial System, as well as for the transport of securities.

Money Deposit

Art. 96.- Decreted the precautionary measure on money and practiced the relevant expertise, the specialized court shall order in its resolution the immediate deposit within no more than 24 hours, in the account opened by CONAB for that purpose, except for the samples that are necessary for the realization of expertise.

Practice the expert and any other diligence relevant to the money, the specialized court, or in its case the prosecutor, shall order his immediate delivery to CONAB for his deposit in the accounts that are to be opened.

The specialized court shall refer to CONAB the record of the deposit made, indicating the number of court cases and the name of the person concerned.

In cases in which money has been secured and any of the administrative filing cases referred to in the Criminal Procedure Code are complied with, the prosecutor shall deposit or remit the money for the respective deposit in the open account for the purpose within twenty-four hours.

Financial and/or Commercial Products Management

Art. 97.- The fruits or returns generated from financial or stock exchanges for goods administered by CONAB shall be subject to their administration during the duration of the measure, which shall be notified to the specialized court for the relevant purposes.

In the case of the fruits generated by stock exchanges, the CONAB shall apply to the specialized court, a depositary entity of the same shall be named to whom it shall be notified, as well as to the Stock Exchange, of the encumbered values or whose negotiation has been restricted.

The Securities Exchange must reject all the negotiation operations that are proposed or concluded on them, in the event of any contractual, successor or judicial transfer, the depositary shall register it until all the charges or embargoes submitted are cancelled or released, prevalent the annotation presented by the CONAB on the basis of the respective court ruling.

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In the event that the resources come from the assets that have been guarded or abandoned, they shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

Financial institutions such as brokerage houses should report monthly to CONAB on the balances and movements that present the accounts administered by CONAB.

CHAPTER XVI FINAL PROVISIONS, TRANSITORY, DEROGATORY AND VIGENCE

Secret or Banking Reserve, Tax or Other

Art. 98.- It shall have no effect in a process of declaration of extinction of domain the banking, exchange, stock exchange, tax and taxation reserve, nor shall access to the information contained in the databases be prevented, in accordance with the applicable regulations.

The information shall be used solely for purposes of evidence and may be ordered by the Attorney-General of the Republic, either directly or through his auxiliary agents, or by the judge or court of the case.

Budget allocation

Art. 99.- Authorize the Ministry of Finance to transfer to CONAB an initial contribution in the concept of foundational capital that will form part of the heritage of the said entity and that will serve for its establishment and initial operation.

Special Regime and Applicability

Art. 100.- The provisions contained in this Law shall be construed in harmony with the legal system, provided that this is compatible with its nature, and shall prevail over those contained in any other law.

Supplementary Rules

Art. 101.- In the absence of this Law, the rules and procedures contained in the Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure shall apply, except for the exceptions set out in this Law.

Term compute

Art. 102.- The deadlines set forth in this Law, when they relate to days, shall be understood as skillful. Except for the exceptions set forth in this Law.

Implementation deadlines

Art. 103.- The deadline for the CONAB to begin its functions will be one hundred and eighty calendar days improbable from the entry into force of the Law.

Training, selection and selection shall be within the time frame specified in the preceding paragraph

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appointment of judges and judges of the courts and prosecutors of the Specialized Unit for the Extinction of Dominion.

Extinction of domain shall be exercised until specialized courts and chambers are operational.

Regulations

Art. 104.- The President of the Republic shall decree the respective regulations for the implementation of this Law, within a period not exceeding ninety days from the time of the Act.

It will be up to CONAB to develop its internal rules of procedure within sixty days of the commencement of its functions.

Derogations

Art. 105.- The legal provisions and precepts contained in other laws that are contrary to this Law are repealed.

Vigilance

Art. 106.- This Law shall enter into force thirty days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

DADO en EL SALON AZUL DEL PALACIO LEGISLATIVE: San Salvador, on the seven days of the month of November of two thousand thirteen.

OTHON SIGFRIDO MORALES, PRESIDENT.

ALBERTO ROMERO RODRIGUEZ, GUILLERMO ANTONIO GALLEGOS NAVARRETE, FIRST VICEPRESIDENT. SECOND VICEPRESIDENT.

JOSE FRANCISCO MERINO LOPEZ, FRANCISCO ROBERTO LORENZANA DURAN, TERCER VICEPRESIDENT. VICEPRESIDENT FOURTH.

ROBERTO JOSE d’AUBUISSON MUNGUIA, QUINTO VICEPRESIDENT.

LORENA GUADALUPE PEÑA MENDOZA, CARMEN ELENA CALDERON SOL DE ESCALON, FIRST SECRETARIAT. SECOND SECRETARIAT.

SANDRA MARLENE SALGADO GARCIA, JOSE RAFAEL MACHUCA ZELAYA, TERCERA SECRETARIA. SECRETARY FOURTH.

IRMA LOURDES PALACIOS VASQUEZ, MARGARITA ESCOBAR, QUINTA SECRETARIA. SECRETARY SIX.

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FRANCISCO JOSE ZABLAH SAFIE, JOSE SERAFIN ORANTES RODRIGUEZ, SEPTIMO SECRETARIO. OCTAVO SECRETARY.

CASA PRESIDENCIAL: San Salvador, on the twenty-six days of November of the year two thousand thirteen.

PUBLIQUESE,

Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, President of the Republic.

José Ricardo Perdomo Aguilar, Minister of Justice and Public Security.

D. O. No. 223 Volume No. 401 Date: November 28, 2013

JQ/ielp 09-01-2014

REFORM:

(1) D.L. No. 355, 28 APRIL 2016, D.O. No. 87, T. 411, 12 MAY 2016.

RELATED PROVISIONS:

CREATION OF SPECIALIZED TRIBUNALES IN EXTINATION OF DOMINIO, CORRESPONDIENT TO FIRST AND SECOND INSTANCIA. D. L. No. 714, 13 JUNE 2014, D.O. No. 109, T. 403, JUNE 13 2014.

JCH 14/07/2014

GM 3/06/2016

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