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DECEMBER No. 519

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE SALVADOR,

CONSIDERING:

I.- That on 26 September 2012, the Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement on Criminal Matters between the Republic of El Salvador and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay was signed.

II.- That the Instrument referred to in the previous consideration has been approved by Executive Agreement No. 1778/2012 of 13 November 2012 and submitted for consideration by this Legislative Assembly for inclusion in the Salvadoran legal system, in force and positive.

III.- That such an instrument contains no provision contrary to the Constitution, and its ratification is appropriate.

TANTO,

in use of the authority established in Art. 131, ordinal 7th of the Constitution in relation to Art. 168, ordinal 4 of the same, and at the initiative of the President of the Republic through the then Minister for Foreign Affairs,

RIGHT:

Art. 1.- The Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement for Criminal Matters between the Republic of El Salvador and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, which consists of a preamble and four articles, signed on 26 September 2012 and approved by the Executive Body, is amended by Agreement No. 1778/2012 of 13 November 2012.

Art. 2.- This Decree shall enter into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

DADO en EL SALON AZUL DEL PALACIO LEGISLATIVE: San Salvador, at the thirty-one days of October of the year 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.

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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.

FRANCISCO JOSE ZABLAH SAFIE, REYNALDO ANTONIO LOPEZ CARDOZA, SEPTIMO SECRETARIO. OCTAVO SECRETARY.

Presidential House: San Salvador, on the nineteenth day of November of the year two thousand thirteen.

PUBLIQUESE,

Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, President of the Republic.

Carlos Alfredo Castaneda Magaña, Viceministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Integración y Promoción Económica,

Charge of the Dispatch.

D. O. No. 224 Volume No. 401 Date: November 29, 2013

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