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DECREE NO 123

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR,

in use of its constitutional powers and on the initiative of the Supreme Court,

DECRETA the following,

JUDICIAL ORGANIC LAW

TITLE I

UNICO CHAPTER

Of The Authorities Judicial

Art. 1.-The Judicial Branch will be composed of the Supreme Court, the Chambers of the Second Instance and the other courts that establish the laws.

It is for this Authority to judge and enforce the law. judged in constitutional, civil, criminal, commercial, labor, agricultural, transit, and tenant matters, and the

administrative and administrative disputes, as well as other matters determined by law.

Art. 2.-THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE WILL BE COMPOSED OF FIFTEEN MAGISTRATES AND

ONE OF THEM WILL BE THE PRESIDENT. THIS WILL ALSO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE JUDICIAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT, THE VOWELS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHAMBER SHALL BE EXERCISED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR DESIGNATION. (17)

Art. 3.-The Supreme Court of Justice will be based in the Capital of the Republic, and will only be able to move to another place when special circumstances require it.

Art. 4.-The Supreme Court of Justice will be organized in four chambers, which will be called: the Constitutional Chamber, the Civil Room, the Criminal Chamber and the Administrative Contentious Room.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROOM WILL BE COMPOSED OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE AND FOUR VOWELS APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ROOMS SHALL BE COMPOSED OF A PRESIDENT AND TWO VOWELS AND THE ROOM

OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTE SHALL BE COMPOSED OF A PRESIDENT AND THREE VOWELS ALL WHO SHALL DESIGNATE THE COURT ON THE FIRST WORKING DAY OF THE MONTH OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR, AMONG THE OTHER JUDGES WHO COMPOSE IT, THOSE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO REORGANIZE WHEN THEY JUDGE

NECESSARY AND CONVENIENT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. (17)

When a member of the Room of the

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Constitutional Assembly, whichever is elected, may be appointed by the Legislative Assembly to (b) integrate that

Room or designate one of the other Chambers of the Court at the time of the replacement; if it is a Magistrate of any of the other rooms, the elected Magistrate shall enter into the Chamber which the Court designates.

Art. 5.-There will be Second Instance Chambers made up of two Magistrates. The First Magistrate will be the President of the Chamber.

Art. 6.-THERE WILL BE IN THE CAPITAL OF THE REPUBLIC ELEVEN CHAMBERS CALLED: "FIRST SECTION OF THE CIVIL CHAMBER OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER", "CHAMBER SECOND OF THE CIVIL OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER", " CHAMBER THIRD OF THE CIVIL OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE

CENTER "," FAMILY CHAMBER OF THE SECTION OF THE CENTER "," FIRST SECTION OF THE PENAL CHAMBER OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER "," CHAMBER SECOND OF THE PENAL OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER "," CHAMBER THIRD OF THE CRIMINAL OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER "," CHAMBER FROM

TRANSIT OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER "," FIRST CHAMBER OF THE LABOR "," CHAMBER SECOND OF THE WORK "AND" HOUSE OF MINORS OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER. " (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23) (BECOME THE TRANSIT CHAMBER OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER, IN MIXED CHAMBER ACCORDING TO D.L. 685/2014)

THE MENTIONED IN THE SECOND INSTANCE, THE COURTS WILL BE AWARE OF THE CASES THAT ARE OF THEIR JURISDICTION: THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CIVIL CHAMBER OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER WILL KNOW ABOUT THE PROCESSES DEALT WITH IN THE FIRST AND SECOND COURTS OF THE CIVIL COURTS;

FIRST AND SECOND OF THE COMMERCIAL; FIRST AND THIRD OF THE SMALLEST AMOUNT; LIKEWISE OF THE PROCESSES SUBSTANTIATED BY THE FIRST AND SECOND COURTS OF CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16 (18) (19) (21) (23) (30).

THE SECOND CIVIL CHAMBER OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER WILL KNOW IN SECOND INSTANCE OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH COURTS OF

CIVIL; THIRD AND FOURTH OF THE MERCANTILE; SECOND AND FOURTH OF THE SMALLEST AMOUNT; LIKEWISE OF THE PROCESSES THAT ARE KNOWN BY THE THIRD AND FOURTH COURTS OF THE CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23) (30)

THE THIRD CIVIL CHAMBER OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTRE WILL BE KNOWN IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE FIFTH CIVIL AND FIFTH OF THE COMMERCIAL COURTS; AND SUBSTANTIATED IN THE CIVIL COURTS WITH RESIDENCE

IN APOPA, SAN MARCOS, MEJICANOS, SOYAPANGO, DELGADO; ALSO FROM THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF TONACATEPEQUE. IT SHALL ALSO BE AWARE OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE FIFTH CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL COURT. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23) (30)

THE FAMILY CHAMBER OF THE SECTION OF THE CENTRE SHALL BE AWARE OF MATTERS DEALT WITH IN THE SECOND INSTANCE FAMILY JUDGES WITH SEAT IN THE CITIES OF SAN

SALVADOR, SOYAPANGO, APOPA, SAN MARCOS AND IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF CHALATENANGO, CUSCATLAN AND CABANAS. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23) (24) (29)

THE FIRST HOUSE OF THE CRIMINAL CASE OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTRE WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE CASES DEALT WITH BY THE JUDGES FIRST, FOURTH AND SEVENTH OF THE SAN

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S ALVATOR, IN THE MEXICAN CRIMINAL COURTS AND S AN

MARCOS. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23)

THE SECOND PENALTY CHAMBER OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER, WILL KNOW OF THE MATTERS DEALT WITH BY THE SECOND, FIFTH AND EIGHTH JUDGES OF THE SAN SALVADOR PENALTY, BY THE JUDGE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE OF THE THIN AND CRIMINAL MATTERS DEALT WITH BY

THE GAME OF TONACATEPEQUE. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23)

THE THIRD CRIMINAL CHAMBER OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER, WILL KNOW OF THE MATTERS DEALT WITH BY THE THIRD, SIXTH, NINTH AND TENTH OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS OF

SAN SALVADOR, IN THE FIRST AND SECOND COURTS OF THE CRIMINAL COURT OF SOYAPANGO, IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMINAL COURT OF APOPA AND IN COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE MILITARY AND OF THE CRIMINAL CASES T RAMIT IN THE

Hacienda. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23).

THE MIXED CHAMBER OF TRAFFIC AND PRISON SURVEILLANCE AND EXECUTION OF THE

PENALTY OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER, WILL KNOW OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL MATTERS DEALT WITH BY THE JUDGES OF TRANSIT WITH SEAT IN THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR, AND THE MATTERS COMING FROM THE PRISON AND EXECUTION SURVEILLANCE COURTS

OF THE PENALTY OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23) (36)

THE FIRST CHAMBER OF THE LABOR, WILL KNOW OF THE WORK ISSUES VENTILADOS

IN THE FIRST AND SECOND COURTS OF THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR AND IN THE ZGADOS DE LOS DÉPART AMENT OS DE S ANT A ANA, S ONS ONAT E Y AHUACHAPAN. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23)

THE SECOND WORKING CHAMBER, WILL KNOW OF THE CASES OF WORK AIRED IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH COURTS OF THE LABOUR CITY OF SAN SALVADOR AND THE

VENTILATED IN THE COURTS WITH LABOR JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE L IB ERT AD, CHALAT ENANGO, CUS CA T L A N, L A P A Z, S A N V IC E N T E Y CABANAS. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (21) (23)

LA CHAMBER OF MINORS OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER, WILL KNOW OF THE MATTERS OF THAT MATTER DEALT WITH BY THE COURTS OF MINORS AND THE EXECUTION OF MEASURES TO THE CHILD, OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SAN SALVADOR, LA LIBERTAD, CHALATENANGO, CUSCATLAN,

SAN VICENTE, LA PAZ Y CABANAS. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23) (25)

CAMERAS EXCEPT FAMILY THEY WILL ALSO KNOW IN THE FIRST

INSTANCE OF THE OTHER MATTERS THAT DETERMINE THE LAW; AND THE CHAMBERS OF THE CIVIL, OF THE SAME SECTION AND OF TRANSIT OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER, WILL ALSO KNOW IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, IN THEIR ORDER, OF THE DEMANDS CIVIL, COMMERCIAL, TENANT

AND TRAFFIC IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL MATTERS, AGAINST THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND THE CENTRAL AMERICAN PARLIAMENT, THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, THOSE APPOINTED TO THE PRESIDENCY, THE MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS OF STATE,

THE MAGISTRATES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE AND SECOND INSTANCE CHAMBERS,

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THE PRESIDENT AND MAGISTRATES OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS OF THE REPUBLIC, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

OF THE REPUBLIC, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC, THE PROSECUTOR FOR THE DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE MAGISTRATES OF THE SUPREME ELECTORAL COURT AND THE DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES. (1) (7) (11) (12) (15) (16) (18) (19) (21) (23)

Art. 7. IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA THERE WILL BE FOUR CHAMBERS, TWO OF THEM WITH JURISDICTION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SANTA ANA, WHICH WILL BE CALLED, THE FIRST "CHAMBER OF THE CIVIL OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE WEST", WHICH WILL KNOW IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE CASES CIVIL, COMMERCIAL AND INQUIRING, DEALT WITH IN THE COURTS OF FIRST

INSTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND OF THE CIVIL MATTERS DEALT WITH IN THE COURT OF TRANSIT OF THE SAME. THE SECOND WILL BE CALLED THE "CHAMBER OF THE CRIMINAL OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE WEST", WHICH WILL BE KNOWN IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE CRIMINAL CASES DEALT WITH

IN THE COURTS WITH JURISDICTION IN THIS MATTER. THE THIRD WILL BE CALLED THE "FAMILY CHAMBER OF THE WESTERN SECTION," WHICH WILL BE KNOWN IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE PROCESSES DEALT WITH IN THE FAMILY COURTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SANTA ANA, AHUACHAPAN,

SONSONATE AND THE FREEDOM. THE FOURTH WILL BE CALLED "HOUSE OF MINORS OF THE WESTERN SECTION", WHICH WILL BE KNOWN IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE MATTERS OF MINORS DEALT WITH BY THE COURTS OF MINORS AND THE EXECUTION OF MEASURES TO THE LEAST OF THE DEPARTMENTS

OF SANTA ANA, AHUACHAPAN AND SONSONATE. (9) (11) (12) (15) (19) (21) (23) (25) (29)

IN THE CITY OF SONSONATE THERE WILL BE A CHAMBER THAT WILL BE CALLED "CHAMBER OF THE

SECOND SECTION OF THE WEST", WHICH WILL HAVE JURISDICTION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SONSONATE AND WILL KNOW IN SECOND INSTANCE OF CASES DEALT WITH IN THE COURTS OF THE CIVIL, TRANSIT AND CRIMINAL COURTS CITY OF SONSONATE AND CIVIL AFFAIRS, MERCANTILES

AND OF INQUILINATO DEALT WITH BY THE COURT OF EMPLOYMENT OF THE SAME CITY, AS WELL AS OF THE CASES, BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL, DEALT WITH IN THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE OF IZALCO, ARMENIA AND ACAJUTLA. (12) (13) (15) (19) (21)

IN THE CITY OF AHUACHAPAN THERE WILL BE A HOUSE CALLED "CHAMBER OF THE THIRD SECTION OF THE WEST", WHICH WILL HAVE JURISDICTION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF

AHUACHAPAN AND WILL KNOW IN SECOND INSTANCE OF CASES DEALT WITH IN THE COURTS OF THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURTS OF THAT DEPARTMENT; CIVIL MATTERS AS CRIMINAL MATTERS, DEALT WITH IN THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ATIQUIZAYA. (15) (19) (21)

Art. 8.-IN THE CITY OF SAN MIGUEL THERE WILL BE FIVE CHAMBERS THAT WILL BE CALLED "CHAMBER OF THE CIVIL OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE EAST", "CHAMBER OF THE CRIMINAL OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE EAST", "CHAMBER OF SECOND INSTANCE OF THE THIRD SECTION OF THE EAST", " CHAMBER

FAMILY OF THE EASTERN SECTION "AND" CHAMBER OF MINORS OF THE SECTION OF THE EAST. (9) (11) (19) (21) (25) (29)

THE "CIVIL CHAMBER OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE EAST", WILL MEET IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE CIVIL, COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS, LABOR AND OF INQUILINATO, DEALT WITH IN THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAN MIGUEL AND DE THE CIVILIANS

DEALT WITH IN THE SAN MIGUEL TRAFFIC COURTS; THE " CRIMINAL CHAMBER OF THE

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FIRST SECTION OF THE EAST, " WILL MEET IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF CRIMINAL MATTERS

DEALT WITH IN THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND THE COURTS OF TRANSIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAN MIGUEL; THE "CHAMBER OF SECOND INSTANCE OF THE THIRD SECTION OF THE EAST", WILL KNOW IN SECOND INSTANCE THE CASES DEALT WITH IN THE COURTS OF

FIRST INSTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNION AND MORAZAN; THE " FAMILY CHAMBER OF THE SECTION OF THE EAST ", WILL MEET IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE FAMILY MATTERS DEALT WITH IN THE COURTS OF FAMILY OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SAN MIGUEL, USULUTAN,

THE UNION, MORAZAN, SAN VICENTE AND LA PAZ; AND THE" CHAMBER OF MINORS OF THE SECTION OF ORIENTE ", WILL BE KNOWN IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE CASES OF MINORS DEALT WITH IN THE COURTS OF MINORS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SAN MIGUEL, USULUTAN, THE UNION AND MORAZÁN; AS WELL AS OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF EXECUTION OF MEASURES TO THE LESSER OF SAN

MIGUEL. (21) (23) (29)

Art. 9.-In the city of Usulutan there will be a Chamber that will be called "House of the Second

Section of the East"; it will have jurisdiction in the department of Usulutan, and will know in the Second Instance of the civil, labor, penal, mercantile and tenant.

Art. 10.-THERE WILL BE A CHAMBER IN EACH OF THE CITIES OF COJUTEPEQUE, SAN VICENTE AND NEW SAN SALVADOR, WHICH WILL BE CALLED, THE FIRST: "CHAMBER OF THE SECOND SECTION OF THE CENTER", THE SECOND: "CHAMBER OF THE THIRD SECTION OF THE CENTER", AND THE THIRD: " CHAMBER

OF THE FOURTH SECTION OF THE CENTER. " THEY WILL MEET IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE CIVIL, CRIMINAL, COMMERCIAL AND INQUIRING MATTERS THAT CORRESPOND TO THEM. THE JURISDICTION OF THE FIRST WILL COMPRISE THE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF CUSCATLÁN AND CABANAS; THE

SECOND WILL COMPRISE THE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE PEACE; AND THE THIRD WILL COMPRISE THE DISTRICTS JUDICIAL OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF LIBERTY AND CHALATENANGO. THE LATTER WILL ALSO MEET IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF

CIVIL AND CRIMINAL MATTERS DEALT WITH AT THE NEW SAN SALVADOR TRANSIT COURT. (9)

Art. 11.-THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE WILL HAVE ALTERNATE MAGISTRATES IN EQUAL NUMBERS

TO THE RULING MAGISTRATES, AND THEY WILL BE ELECTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AS WELL: FIVE OF THEM EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROOM; AND THE REMAINING TO SUPPLY ANY OF THE OWNERS OF THE OTHER ROOMS OF THE COURT WITHOUT DISTINCTION.

SECOND REPEALED (D.L. Nº 56/2009)

ALTERNATE MAGISTRATES MUST HAVE THE SAME QUALITIES AS REQUIRED FOR

BEING AN OWNER MAGISTRATE, AND AS LONG AS THEY REPLACE THE LATTER, THEY MAY NOT EXERCISE THE LAW OR PERFORM JOBS OR POSTS OF OTHER ORGANS, EXCEPT IF THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO KNOW EXCLUSIVELY IN ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC CASES.

THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 31 OF THIS LAW SHALL APPLY TO ALTERNATES ONLY FOR THE TIME THEY PERFORM DUTIES AS A MAGISTRATE. SO,

BY CEASING THESE FUNCTIONS, THE ALTERNATES MAY RETURN TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE JOBS OR POSITIONS. (6)

Art. 12.-DEALING WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROOM, IN THE CASE OF A LICENSE,

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VACATION, DISCORD, RECUSAL, IMPEDIMENT, OR EXCUSE OR ANY OTHER

CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A MAGISTRATE WHO OWNS IT IS DISABLED IN ORDER TO INTEGRATE IT, MAY THE SAME ROOM CALL ANY OF ITS OWN ALTERNATES. ONLY IN THE DEFAULT OF THESE, A JUDGE OR A JUDGE SHALL BE CALLED.

IN THE OTHER HALLS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, IN THE CASES AND CIRCUMSTANCES REFERRED TO IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH, TO MAKE THE CORRESPONDING INTEGRATION POSSIBLE

CALL ANY OF THE ALTERNATE MAGISTRATES INDIFFERENTLY. IN DEFAULT, A JUDGE OR A JUDGE SHALL BE CALLED.

EACH OF THE CHAMBERS OF THE SECOND INSTANCE WILL HAVE TWO ALTERNATE MAGISTRATES.

IN CITIES WHERE TWO OR MORE SECOND-INSTANCE CHAMBERS HAVE THEIR SEAT, IN CASES OF VACANCY, LICENSE, DISCORD, RECUSAL, IMPAIRMENT OR

EXCUSE, OR ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH A MAGISTRATE OWNER IS DISABLED TO INTEGRATE THE COURT, TO MAKE THE CORRESPONDING INTEGRATION IT MAY BE CALLED TO ANY OF THE RESPECTIVE ALTERNATES AND IN THE ABSENCE

OF THE LATTER WILL BE CALLED TO THE ALTERNATES OF THE OTHER OR OTHER CHAMBERS OF THE RESPECTIVE SECTION. THE ALTERNATES SHALL BE APPOINTED AS JUDGES.

WHEN IN A PLACE THERE IS A SINGLE CHAMBER AND ANY OF THE CASES OR CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL OCCUR, THE ALTERNATE OR ALTERNATE SHALL BE CALLED AND ONLY BY DEFAULT OF ALTERNATES SHALL BE APPOINTED CONJUDGE OR CONJUDGES. (6) (7) (9) (32) (34)

Art. 13. THE ALTERNATE MAGISTRATE, OR THE JUDGE APPOINTED TO INTEGRATE A CHAMBER OR CHAMBER, SHALL IN ANY CASE TAKE THE LAST PLACE. (34)

Art.14.-THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROOM IN THE PROCESSES OF UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF LAWS, DECREES OR REGULATIONS, OR IN THE CONTROVERSIES AND CAUSES REFERRED TO IN

ARTICLES 138 AND 182, ATTRIBUTION SEVENTH, BOTH OF WHICH IN ORDER TO DELIVER JUDGMENT OR ORDERS, THE CONSTITUTION SHALL REQUIRE AT LEAST FOUR COMPLIANT VOTES. IN THE AMPARO OR HABEAS CORPUS PROCESSES, TO DELIVER JUDGMENT OR ORDERS, YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST

THREE COMPLIANT VOTES.

THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL COURTS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE FOR SENTENCING OR ORDERS, WILL NEED THE CONFORMITY OF THREE VOTES, WHILE THE ROOM OF

ADMINISTRATIVE LITIGATION AND SECOND-INSTANCE CHAMBERS THEY WILL NEED THE CONFORMITY OF FOUR AND TWO VOTES RESPECTIVELY. *SUBSECTION DECLARED PARTIALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THE PRESIDENTS OF THE ROOMS AND THE CHAMBERS OF SECOND INSTANCE, OR THOSE WHO DO THEIR TIMES, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING THE DECREES THAT HAVE AS THEIR OBJECT

THE IMPULSE OR THE MATERIAL ORDINATION OF THE PROCESS. (2) (5) (7) (9) (17) (32) (34)

Art. 15. -THERE WILL BE JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE IN ALL DEPARTMENTAL CAPITALS

AND IN OTHER CITIES THAT DETERMINE THE LAW, WHICH WILL KNOW ABOUT THE SUBJECTS: CIVIL, OF

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FAMILY, COMMERCIAL, CRIMINAL, LABOR, AGRICULTURAL, TRANSIT, TENANT, AND OTHER

TO BE LEGALLY ASSIGNED TO THEM. (9) (10) (19) (21)

IN THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT THIS LAW DETERMINES, THERE WILL BE JUDGES WHO WILL KNOW FOR

SEPARATE AND IN THE FIRST INSTANCE OF THE SUBJECTS: CIVIL, FAMILY, CRIMINAL AND MINORS. THE TERRITORIAL SCOPE IN WHICH THEY WILL EXERCISE THEIR JURISDICTION WILL BE THE ONE THAT THE SAME LAW POINTS OUT TO THEM. (9) (10) (19) (21)

COURTS WITH JURISDICTION IN THE CIVIL, WILL ALSO BE COMPETENT TO KNOW IN COMMERCIAL MATTERS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES WHERE NO YOU WOULD HAVE COURTS OF

MERCANTILE. (12) (19) (21)

Art. 16.-There will be two Finance Judges, who will know in the first instance and the prevention of

all the civil and criminal matters in which the Public Finance is interested or that affect the patrimony of the decentralized entities; and of the others that, according to the laws, force of its competence.

THERE WILL BE FIVE COURTS OF FIRST COMMERCIAL INSTANCE WITH SEAT IN SAN SALVADOR, CALLED, BY ITS ORDER, JUDGED FIRST OF THE MERCANTILE, JUDGED SECOND OF THE

MERCANTILE, JUDGED THIRD OF THE MERCANTILE, JUDGED FOURTH OF THE MERCANTILE AND JUDGED FIFTH OF THE MERCANTILE. THESE COURTS WILL BE AWARE OF THE PREVENTION OF COMMERCIAL MATTERS IN THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR AND THEIR MUNICIPAL UNDERSTANDING, AND WITH EXCLUSIVITY

OF THE ISSUES OF THIS NATURE THAT ARISE IN THE POPULATIONS ASSIGNED TO THEM IN ART. THIS LAW. IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE MILITARY THAT WILL HAVE ITS SEAT IN THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR AND ITS JURISDICTION WILL COVER THE ENTIRE

TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC AND WILL KNOW OF THE MATTERS THAT ARE OF ITS COMPETENCE ACCORDING TO THE PROVIDED FOR IN THE CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE AND OTHER LAWS. (1) (7) (11)

THE JUDGES OF THE TREASURY SHALL HAVE THEIR SEAT IN THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR AND THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS SHALL COMPRISE THE ENTIRE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC. (1)

PRESCRIBED IN THIS LAW IN RESPECT OF THE JUDGES OF THE COMMON JURISDICTION, EN APPLICABLE TO THE JUDGES OF THE TREASURY AND TO THE JUDGES OF THE FIRST INSTANCE OF TRADE AND OF THE MILITARY, PROVIDED THAT IN OTHER LAWS THERE IS NO PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY. (1)

Art. 17.-THE APPLICATION OF THE SPECIAL CHILD REGIME SHALL BE MADE BY JUDGES OF

MINORS WHOSE POSITION SHALL BE THE COURTS OF MINORS; LIKEWISE, SURVEILLANCE AND

CONTROL IN THE EXECUTION OF THE MEASURES DECREED BY THE JUDGE OF MINORS SHALL BE EXERCISED BY JUDGES OF ENFORCEMENT OF MEASURES AT THE LEAST OF WHOSE DUTIES SHALL BE THE COURTS OF ENFORCEMENT OF MEASURES TO THE CHILD; THEY SHALL HAVE THEIR SEAT IN THE CITIES DETERMINED BY THE

LAW AND THEIR TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SHALL BE THE ONE THAT ESTABLISHES THIS LAW.

WHEN IN ONE SAME CITY THERE ARE TWO OR MORE JUDGES OF MINORS, OR TWO OR MORE

JUDGES OF EXECUTION OF MEASURES TO THE MINOR, WILL KNOW PREVENTION IN THE AFFAIRS OF THEIR

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COMPETITION. (11) (21) (23)

Art. 18. -THERE WILL BE TWO COURTS OF INQUIRY WITH A SEAT IN THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR, NAMED IN THEIR ORDER: THE FIRST COURT OF INQUIRY AND THE SECOND JUDGE

OF INQUILINATO, THESE COURTS WILL KNOW OF THE MATTERS THAT ARE OF THEIR JURISDICTION TO AGREEMENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW OF INQUILINATO AND OTHER LAWS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN SALVADOR.

IN THE CITIES OF SANTA ANA, SAN MIGUEL, SONSONATE AND NEW SAN SALVADOR, THE JUDGES OF THE LABOR OF THESE POPULATIONS AND IN THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THE JUDGES OF THE FIRST INSTANCE OR THE JUDGES OF THE

EXISTING CIVIL AND IN DEFAULT PEACE JUDGES. (1) (7) (10) (15)

Art. 19.-THERE WILL BE TWO TRAFFIC COURTS IN THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR, ONE IN THE

SANTA ANA CITY AND ONE IN THE CITY OF SAN MIGUEL, TO LEARN ABOUT THE ACCIDENTS AND TO DEDUCT THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL RESPONSIBILITIES REFERRED TO IN THE LAW OF SPECIAL PROCEDURES ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. (7) (11) (36)

Art. 20.-Labor jurisdiction will be in charge of eight Labor Courts, four with a seat in the city of San Salvador, and one in each of the cities of Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Nueva San

Salvador and San Miguel. The Courts with jurisdiction in the civil courts of the judicial districts in which it has not tried the Labor, will have jurisdiction to know in the first instance of the conflicts of work that determine the law.

THE FAMILY JURISDICTION WILL BE EXERCISED BY FAMILY JUDGES, FOUR IN THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR, ONE IN EACH MUNICIPALITY OF SOYAPANGO, APOPA AND SAN MARCOS, TWO IN EACH

ONE OF THE CITIES OF SANTA ANA AND SAN MIGUEL, AND ONE IN EACH OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENT. (19) (24)

THE JURISDICTION OF MINORS SHALL BE EXERCISED BY THE JUDGES OF MINORS, WHO SHALL HAVE A SEAT IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES: FOUR IN SAN SALVADOR, TWO IN SANTA ANA, TWO IN NEW SAN SALVADOR; AND ONE IN EACH OF THE CITIES OF SONSONATE, CHALATENANGO,

COJUTEPEQUE, SENSUNTEPEQUE, SAN VICENTE, ZACATECOLUCA, AHUACHAPAN, SAN MIGUEL, LA UNION, USULUTAN, SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA AND SOYAPANGO; AND THEY WILL BE CALLED RESPECTIVELY " COURTS OF MENORES". (21) (23) (25)

Art. 21.-The knowledge of the matters relating to the dangerous state shall be in charge of the Judges of the criminal, within the territory designated to each Court.

Art. 22. In all the municipalities of the Republic, there shall be the number of Judges of Peace determined by the Supreme Court of Justice; its powers shall be those that the laws indicate.

WHEN IN A MUNICIPALITY THERE ARE EQUAL NUMBER OF COURTS OF JUSTICE AND OF THE COURTS. THE FIRST INSTANCE THEY KNOW OF THE CRIMINAL CLASS, THEY WILL REFER THE PROCESSES TO THE FIRST INSTANCE THAT HAS ITS SAME NUMBER.

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IN THE CASE OF PEACE COURTS IN THAT FOR THE NUMBER THAT CORRESPONDS TO IT NOT

TUVIERE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE WITH EQUAL NUMBER, THE REFERRAL WILL MAKE THEM TO THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE CRIMINAL CLASS BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST ONE, AND THUS ORDERLY ACCORDING TO THE INCOME OR RECEIPT OF THE CAUSE IN THE COURT. (22).

Art. 23.-There shall be so many Judges of First Instance and of Peace Substitute, as Owners exist in the place, if this is possible.

Where there are two or more Substitutes may be called indistinctly to the exercise of the judiciary in the cases of vacancy, license, recusal, impediment, excuse or any other in which the Owner is disabled and the knowledge does not correspond to another Judge Owner.

The Substitutes shall have the same qualities required for be Judge of First Instance or of Peace, respectively.

THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE IT MAY CALL ON THE COURTS OF THE JUDICIAL BODY TO HAVE THE QUALITY OF ALTERNATE JUDGES, TO ASSUME FUNCTIONS AS SUCH, IN THE

CASES DETERMINED BY LAW; IT IS NECESSARY TO GRANT THE CORRESPONDING PERMISSION FOR THE TIME. NECESSARY, PROVIDED THAT THE GOOD PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE THEY ORDINARILY PROVIDE IN THE COURT OR OFFICE WHERE THEY WORK AS EMPLOYEES IS NOT AFFECTED.

(37)

Art. 24.-The Magistrates and Judges, as regards the exercise of the judicial function, are

independent and shall be subject only to the Constitution and the laws. They may not issue general rules or provisions on the application or interpretation of laws or publicly censor the application or interpretation of laws which have been made in their rulings by other courts, be they

lower or higher in the hierarchical order.

The above should be without prejudice to the provisions of Article 183 of the Constitution, and of

that the higher courts may make the respective lower courts, according to the (a) the law, the prevention measures that they deem appropriate for the best administration of justice.

TITLE II

The Courts Regime

CHAPTER I

The Supreme Court of Justice,

of your Rooms and their Chambers.

Art. 25.-The government and the internal regime of the Supreme Court of Justice will be in charge of its

President, who will have to ensure that the provisions of the laws and regulations are complied with.

REPEALED. (7) (9).

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Art. 26.-Each Chamber shall be presided over by its Chief Magistrate and in his absence by the Magistrate

which follows him in the order of his appointment.

Art. 27.-CORRESPONDS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, IN ADDITION TO THE

ATTRIBUTIONS THAT THIS LAW OR OTHERS DETERMINE, THE FOLLOWING:

1a. REPRESENT THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE ACTS AND CONTRACTS THAT

HOLDS AND REPRESENTS THE JUDICIAL BODY IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THE OTHER ORGANS;

2a. BRING THE SUBSTANTIATION OF THE FULL COURT CASES;

3a. SIGN THE COURT ' S AGREEMENTS, EXCEPT AS REGARDS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS DELEGATED BY THE COURT TO ANOTHER OFFICIAL OF THE COURT

JUDICIAL OR BODIES OF THE COURT;

4a. REPEALED (12)

5a. NOTE DAY FOR BUSINESS VIEWS THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED IN FULL COURT, SUMMONING MAGISTRATES FOR OFFICE HOURS; BUT

IN CASES THAT SOME SERIOUS AND URGENT MATTER REQUIRES PROMPT RESOLUTION, YOU MAY CALL THEM FOR ANY ANOTHER HOUR, EVEN IF IT IS A HOLIDAY;

6a. RECEIVE THE EXCUSES FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE MAGISTRATES OF THE COURT AND RESOLVE THE RELEVANT;

7a. TAKE CARE THAT ALL COURT MAGISTRATES FILL THEIR DUTIES AND GIVE THE COURT IN SERIOUS CASES;

8a. GRANT LICENCES FOR UP TO FOUR DAYS, WITH PAY, TO THE MAGISTRATES OF THE COURT.

IF THE PRESIDENT WILL NEED IT, HE WILL GIVE NOTICE TO THE MAGISTRATE WHO MUST SUBRULE HIM ACCORDING TO THE LAW.

9a. MAKE THE ORDER AND DECORUM

DUE TO BE OBSERVED IN THE ACTS OF THE COURT;

10a. DICTATE THE NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE MEASURES FOR THE ORDER

AND PRESERVATION OF THE ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES OF THE COURTS;

11a. AUTHORIZE PAYMENTS UNDER THE LAW.

IN GENERAL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT MAY DELEGATE TO ONE OR MORE MAGISTRATES OR OFFICIALS OF THE COURT, IN HIS OR HER OWN OR IN THE COUNCIL

NATIONAL OF THE JUDICIARY, THOSE POWERS THAT DO NOT INVOLVE THE EXERCISE OF

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JURISDICTIONAL ACTIVITY. THE DELEGATION SHALL BE MADE BY AGREEMENT, WHICH SHALL BE

DETERMINE THE POWERS TO BE DELEGATED AND THE OFFICIAL OR DELEGATED ENTITY, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE PRESIDENT ' S DIRECT USE OF SUCH POWERS, WHEN DEEMED APPROPRIATE. (8)

Art. 28.-The Presidents of the Supreme Court Chambers shall have the following powers:

a) Carry out the substantiation of the cases in the respective Chamber;

b) EQUALLY DISTRIBUTE THE WORK OF THE CHAMBER AMONG THE MAGISTRATES,

THOSE WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PURGING AND SUBSTANTIATION OF THE CASES ASSIGNED TO THEM; (7)

c) A day for the business to be resolved by the Chamber, and may also designate the holidays if the (

)

take care of the other magistrates and staff attached to the THE ROOM COMPLIES WITH ITS DUTIES, GIVING ACCOUNT IN SERIOUS CASES TO THE COURT, OF THE IRREGULARITIES THAT WILL NOTARY; (9)

d) To render to the President of the Court, within three days after the expiration of each month, a report of the works performed in the previous month.

e) OTHERS THAT DETERMINE THE LAWS. (9)

Art. 29.-The Chairs of the Chambers of the Second Instance shall have the following powers:

1. Dictate the administrative measures necessary for the good march of the court;

2nd Distribute, equitably, the work of the Chamber among the Magistrates;

3rd Point of Day for the business view to be resolved by the Chamber. If the resolution is serious and criminal, they may still designate the holidays;

REPEALED (9)

5th Care that the other Magistrate will fulfill his duties, in serious cases to the Supreme Court of the irregularities that I will notice in the administration of justice, as well

in the Chamber as in the Courts of its jurisdiction. The same faculty will, if any, have the other Magistrate;

6ª to make the order and decorum due in the acts of the Tribunal;

7th Dictate the immediate measures for the order and preservation of the file and library of the

court;

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8TH TAKE THE SUBSTANTIATION OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE AIRED IN THE CHAMBERS,

WHEN THEY ARE KNOWN SEPARATELY FROM THE CIVIL AND PENAL BRANCHES; BUT WHEN THEY KNOW OF BOTH RAMOS, ONE OF THE JUDGES WILL LEAD THE SUBSTANTIATION OF CIVIL MATTERS, AND IN THEIR CASE, ALSO OF THE

MERCANTILE AND THE OTHER, OF THE CRIMINAL, DISTRIBUTION WHAT THEY WILL DO BY COMMON AGREEMENT; (7)

9ª The others who determine the laws.

CHAPTER II

Of Magistrates and Conjudges

Art. 30.-The following are obligations of the Magistrates:

1st Reside in the place where the Tribunal is established to which it corresponds;

2nd Attend to the office with punctuality and direct its excuses to the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, when for some reason just cannot be done;

3rd Attend to the official acts that as members of the Tribunal are invited.

4TH OTHERS TO DETERMINE THE LAWS. (9)

Art. 31.-The Magistrates shall not, either in writing or in writing, promote, sponsor or recommend other business, or intercede or mediate in them, or give their advice in any form

that implies an ostensible or covert exercise of the

a)

or she is not a member of the law of the Member State in which he or she is a member of the European Community. 32.-The judges shall be appointed by the Supreme Court of Justice and must have the same qualities required to be a Magistrate. The appointment will be a preference for lawyers residing in the place where the matter will be aired.

Art. 33.-Conjudges may not be excused, placed in order or refused after they have protested the charge, but for the same reasons and with the same formalities as are provided for the Magistrates.

The lawyer who will refuse to accept or The Court will be punished by the Court with a fine of one hundred to five hundred colones.

The Substitute Magistrates who are called to the exercise of the Magistracy will enjoy the same salary as the Owners. When they are called to know in a particular matter, they will bear the

fees that the tariff sets. These fees will be paid by the Fisco; through the respective Paying Tax Office, with the sole presentation of the payroll of such fees, visada by the President of the Court to which the matter corresponds, although it was disabled by excuse or impediment. The

Registrar of the respective Court will communicate it to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court so that

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of the payment order if the order is in accordance with the law. The judges will pay the fees

indicated for the Substitute Magistrates and will charge them in the same way.

Art. 34.-The Magistrates of the Chambers of the Second Instance and the Conjudges will render the protest

constitutional before the Supreme Court of Justice, or before the official that she will commission; in this case the delegate will transmit to the Court certification of the respective act.

The constitutional protest, the owners of the owners will take possession of their position when this is vacant. If for fair reasons, qualified prudentially by the Supreme Court, the appointee will not take possession, the Tribunal will point out to him a time limit for him to do so, and if he does not do so, he may revoke the appointment.

The officials who commissioned the Court to receive the protest to the Proprietary Second-Instance Magistrates or the Conjudges, will be in the obligation to bring to the attention of that

the cases in which such officials do not take possession, for the effects of the preceding paragraph.

CHAPTER III

Of First Judges Instance

Art. 35.-The Judges of First Instance shall be subject to the provisions of Articles 30, 31 and 34 as applicable.

Art. 36. THE JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING OBLIGATIONS:

1a. FORM INVENTORIES OF ALL FILES, DOCUMENTS, FURNITURE AND

SUBJECTS OF THE COURT; IF THIS ALREADY EXISTS, IT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO COMPLEMENT IT. THE DELIVERY AND RECEIPT OF THE COURT, IN THE EVENT OF A CHANGE OF JUDGE OR COURT DEPOSIT, SHALL BE MADE WITH THE VIEW OF SUCH INVENTORIES, BOTH BY SIGNING

OFFICIAL ACTS AUTHORIZED BY THE SECRETARY;

2a. THE OTHERS WHO DETERMINE THE LAWS. (1) (7) (9)

Art. 37.-In the absence of the Judge of First Instance Owner and of the Substitute, the Judge of Peace of the same population will be called by the Court of Justice of the same population; in case of two or more Judges of Peace, the designation corresponds to the same Court Supreme of Justice.

If the Judge Owner makes the deposit, it shall be the one who shall call the Judge of Peace or make the designation, if there is more than one.

The Judges of Peace who shall enter the exercise of a judiciary of First Instance in deposit, shall enjoy half of the corresponding salary; but if this is less than that which

given to them

correspondingly as Justices of Peace, they will enjoy the same in the same way in the case that they force lawyers.

Art. 38.-IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS MORE THAN ONE JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE FUERO

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COMMON, EVEN IF YOU KNOW SEPARATELY FROM CIVIL, COMMERCIAL AND CRIMINAL MATTERS,

EACH OF THEM IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE ALTERNATE OF THE OTHER TO KNOW IN THE CASES DETERMINED IN THE CASES OF EXCUSES, IMPEDIMENTS OR RECUSAL; AND ONLY IN THE ABSENCE OF THEM WILL BE CALLED THE RESPECTIVE ALTERNATE OR THE JUDGE OF PEACE IN HIS CASE. IN THE CASE BEFORE

EXPRESSED, THE JUDGES WHO KNOW OF THE CIVIL WILL REPLACE THE JUDGES OF THE CIVIL AND THE INQUIRING, THOSE WHO KNOW OF THE MERCANTILE WILL REPLACE THE JUDGES OF THE MERCANTILE AND THOSE WHO KNOW OF THE CRIMINAL WILL REPLACE THE JUDGES OF THE CRIMINAL, OBSERVING

ALWAYS THE ORDER OF HIS APPOINTMENT. (7)

In the cases of excuse, impediment or recusal of one of the judges of the Hacienda or Tutelars of Minors, it will replace the other, respectively, and only in the absence of this be called the Substitute.

In the places where there is more than one Labor or Transit Judge, each they, respectively, will be considered alternate of the other to know in the corresponding cases in the

cases of excuse, impediment or recusal, and only in the absence of them will be called the respective alternate. If there is no more than a Labour or Transit Judge at the place, the first shall be replaced, in the same cases, by the Judge of the Civil or Joint if the classes are not divided, and the second by the Judge

of the Criminal or Mixed The defect will be called to the respective alternates.

IN THE SAME CASES, AND REGARDING THE JUDGES OF INQUIRY AND FIRST INSTANCE

MILITARY, THEY WILL BE CALLED TO REPLACE THEM, TO ANY OF THE JUDGES OF THE CIVIL AND THE PENAL OF THE SAME CITY, RESPECTIVELY. (7)

Art. 39. The Judge shall immediately notify the Supreme Court of Justice and the Court of Auditors of the Court of Auditors of the Court of Justice, expressing the time because it has been done and the official in whom it has been verified. In case of a depository Judge's disease, or that

the depositary is called by the Court, it will be the one who will give the notices.

Art. 40.-The Substitutes shall not be licensed when they replace the Owners, but when

have held the post for more than three consecutive months, except in extraordinary cases prudentially qualified by the Supreme Court of Justice.

Art. 41. The Depository Judge may not return to the exercise of his duties before the time of the deposit is concluded, but on the order of the Supreme Court of Justice, when the good public service demands it.

Art. 42.-Each Court will carry the following books:

Inventory;

Input of files and documents;

Of process knowledge, according to the Ramo or Ramos that corresponds to it;

Of sacs;

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Of Agreements and Acts;

Of knowledge regarding deposits or deliveries of money, securities, documents or other effects which they make to the Court, in which such deliveries shall be recorded separately, with an indication of

the date, the name and last name of the person to do so and the cause or diligence to which it relates. A constancy with equal designations will be delivered to the interested party.

JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE WITH CIVIL OR CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OF SAN SALVADOR, SANTA ANA, SAN MIGUEL AND SONSONATE WILL ALSO CARRY A BOOK OF REGISTRATION OF PRACTITIONERS IN THE ONE WHO WILL SETTLE: THE NAME AND SURNAME OF THE PRACTITIONER, AND THE DATE OF ENTRY; AND ANOTHER OF ASSISTANCE, IN WHICH THEY WILL RECORD THIS OR THE FAULTS OF IT, DAY BY

DAY, OWING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE AT THE END OF EACH MONTH. (3)

In special cases, the Court may, at the request of the Court of Justice, authorize any

of the other Judges of the First Instance of the Republic to carry the books referred to in the preceding paragraph.

The books listed in this article shall be carried on common paper, fillings, and shall contain in their first record a reason, with the seal and signature of the Judge, in which the object of the book is indicated and the number of fojas it contains; they will be renewed when they are exhausted, putting at the end of the last record a reason

of closure; with the date in which it is made, signed by the Judge and his Registrar, and the index of their contents is added.

There will also be a file of copies or photocopies of definitive judgments and interlocutors with force of definitive, pronounced in the respective year, which must be signed by the Judge and the Registrar

and sealed and initialled in all their foles, should be duly completed at the end of the year.

CHAPTER IV

Of Peace Judges

Art. 43. The Judges of Peace will last two years in the exercise of their duties, and will take up their position on the first day of June.

They will be appointed by the Supreme Court of Justice in the first half of the month of May before

order to be a Judge of Peace, it is necessary: to be Salvadoran, of the secular state, greater than twenty-one years, of

morality and notorious instruction, to be in the exercise of the rights of the citizen and not have lost them in the three years prior to the appointment.

REPEALED (9)

IN THE CAPITAL OF THE REPUBLIC, IN THE DEPARTMENTAL CAPITALS AND IN THE CITIES

THAT THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE DEEMS APPROPRIATE, THE CHARGES OF JUDGES OF PEACE SHALL BE

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PERFORMED BY LAWYERS OR GRADUATES OF THE FACULTIES OF LEGAL SCIENCES. IN THE

OTHER POPULATIONS, THE COURT WILL SEEK TO FILL THOSE CHARGES WITH PERSONS WHO HAVE ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE OF LAW. (9)

Art. 44.-REPEALED (9)

Art. 45.-REPEALED (9)

Art. 46.-The Judges of Peace Owners and Substitutes shall surrender the protest of law to the Supreme Court of Justice or to the official that she shall commission. In any event, such a protest must be surrendered on the day and time that the effect is pointed out to them.

If, for fair reasons, which the Court or the commissioned officers will judge prudentially, it will not surrender, they will be told a new day and hour; and If they do not yet do so, the Supreme Court of

Justice will revoke their appointments with a view of the respective actions that the same officials will send to the effect, or that they will process themselves in their case. The same resolution will be taken when the reasons given by the Justices of Peace not to present themselves to render

protest.

If the protest is rendered there is no contest for the Peace Judges Owners to take possession of Your

charges, the Supreme Court of Justice will call the Substitute and will point out to you the first a reasonable period of time for you to verify it; and if you do not do so, the Court will proceed as indicated in the previous paragraph.

Officials commissioned to receive the protest will be in the obligation to bring to the attention of the Court, the cases where the Proprietary Peace Judges would not have taken possession

of their charges.

Art. 47.-The Judges of Peace shall be held in whatever applicable to the provisions of the Articles

24, 30, 31 and 36, the 1st part of this Law.

Art. 48.-If the Judge of Peace Owner is separated from the knowledge of any matter by impediment, excuse or recusal and there are no other Judges of Peace Owners or Splable Substitutes in

the place, the Court shall appoint one with the character of (a) interim, to whose end the Judge who is aware of the impediment, recusal or excuse, shall give the appropriate notice. The same rule shall be observed, as applicable, in cases of disease of the Proprietary And Alternate Judges of Peace.

Art. 49.-In each Peace Courthouse the following books will be taken:

Inventory;

Of records and documents entries;

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of sacs;

of Acts and Agreements;

Of Deposits or Deliveries of Money, Securities or documents, in the form indicated in Article 42.

TITLE III

Of Courts Powers

CHAPTER I

Full Court

Art. 50.-The Supreme Court of Justice in plenary, or Plena Court, shall be made up of all the Magistrates who make up the Supreme Court, and in order to deliberate and resolve it must be integrated by the President or whoever does his or her times and seven Magistrates at least; There is a minimum number

of eight compliant votes, and in the event of a tie the President's vote will be of a quality.

No Magistrate is allowed to abstain from voting, except for cases of excuses or impairment

which in the act will prudentially qualify the Court. However, if any are held back, their vote shall be deemed to be negative, but if this is not possible by the nature of the case, the Magistrate shall be deemed to adhere to the majority of the voters.

Art. 51.-THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FULL COURT ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1a. TO INTEGRATE THE CIVIL, CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS; (7) (9)

2a. MAKING ITS RULES OF RULES; (7) (9)

3a. TO PRACTICE THE RECEIPT OF LAWYERS AND TO AUTHORIZE THEM FOR THE EXERCISE OF

THEIR PROFESSION AND FOR THE EXERCISE OF THE PUBLIC FUNCTION OF THE NOTARY, AFTER EXAMINATION OF SUFFICIENCY FOR THE LATTER, BEFORE A COMMISSION OF ITS BREAST; TO DISABLE THEM BY VENALITY, CO-FACT, FRAUD, OR FALSEHOOD, AND SUSPEND THEM WHEN FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS

PROFESSIONALS, DUE TO NEGLIGENCE OR SERIOUS IGNORANCE, DO NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT GUARANTEES IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR DUTIES; FOR MISCONDUCT PROFESSIONAL, OR PRIVATE NOTORIOUSLY IMMORAL AND FOR HAVING SELF-ARREST IN CAUSE

BY DELITO THE PERSON WHO DOES NOT ADMIT RELEASE OR FOR CRIMES THAT CAN BE RELEASED FROM PRISON WHILE THAT HAS NOT BEEN GRANTED. IN CASES OF SUSPENSION AND DISABLEMENT, IT WILL PROCEED IN SUMMARY FORM

THE FACULTIES WILL EXERCISE IN RESPECT OF THE STUDENTS OF

FACULTIES OF LEGAL SCIENCES, ACTING AS DEFENDERS IN CASE

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CRIMINAL OR APPEAR OR OTHERWISE IN LABOR CAUSES; (7) (9) (28)

4a. APPOINT JUDGES IN THE CASES DETERMINED BY LAW; (7) (9)

5a. MAKE TRANSFERS, WITH LEGAL FORMALITIES, BETWEEN THE BUDGET ITEMS OF THE COURT, EXCEPT THOSE IN THE GENERAL BUDGET THAT ARE DECLARED NON-TRANSFERABLE; THE TRANSFER SHALL BE COMMUNICATED TO

THE GENERAL OF THE BUDGET; (7) (9)

6a. FORWARD TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY INITIATIVES RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION AND JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS AND THE ORGANISATION OF THE COURTS, REFERRED TO

TO THEIR CREATION, UNION, SEPARATION, CONVERSION, DELETION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR AN EARLY AND ACCOMPLISHED ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; (7) (9) (26)

7a. AGREE ON THE TRANSFER OF SECOND-INSTANCE CHAMBERS, COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND PEACE TO ANOTHER PLACE, WHEN REQUIRED BY

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES; (7) (9)

8a. CALL THE ALTERNATE MAGISTRATES WHO MUST ENTER SUBROGATE TO THE

OWNERS; (7) (9)

9a. KNOW OF THE RECUSAL, IMPEDIMENTS AND EXCUSES OF THE MAGISTRATES

OWNERS AND ALTERNATES OF THE COURT AND OF THE JUDGES, IF ANY; AND OF THE PROPOSALS BY THE JUDGES OF THE CHAMBERS OF SECOND INSTANCE NOT TO ACCEPT THE POSITION; (7) (9)

10a. ADOPT THE MEASURES THAT WOULD BE PRUDENT IN THE CASES OF SERIOUS DISSENT AMONG THE MAGISTRATES, WHICH WILL RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE OR ORDER AND THE GOOD NAME OF THE COURTS; (7) (9)

11a. BE REPRESENTED BY A COMMISSION OF HIS OR HER BOSOM OR BY HIS SECRETARY IN OFFICIAL ACTS; WHEN THE COURT IS UNABLE TO ATTEND IN BODY; (7) (9)

12a. ISSUE REPORT AND OPINION ON REQUESTS FOR PARDON OR COMMUTATION OF PENALTIES, AND IN ANY OTHER CASE UPON REQUEST BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY; (7) (9)

13a. TO GRANT THE EXEQUATUR CORRESPONDING TO THE SENTENCES HANDED DOWN BY FOREIGN COURTS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL EFFECTIVENESS TO THE RESOLUTIONS

OF THOSE COURTS IN ACTS OF VOLUNTARY JURISDICTION. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTION OF INTERNATIONAL COURT JUDGMENTS CREATED BY MANDATORY CONVENTIONS FOR EL SALVADOR WILL NOT BE REQUIRED; (7)

(9)

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14a. CREATE AUXILIARY ORGANS AND COLLABORATORS OF

JUSTICE; (7) (9)

15a. TO KNOW OF THE APPEAL OF THE FINAL JUDGMENTS

PRONOUNCED BY THE ROOMS, IN THE CASES THAT DETERMINE THE CONSTITUTION AND OTHER LAWS; (7) (9)

16a. TO EXERCISE THE SUPREME VIGILANCE OF THE PRISONS, WHICH WILL MAKE IT EFFECTIVE IN THE WAY IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE; (7) (9)

17a. AUTHORIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE

SECOND INSTANCE AND JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE, AT THE REQUEST THEREOF, TO RESIDE IN PLACE OTHER THAN THAT OF THE SEAT OF THE COURT TO WHICH THEY BELONG, AND MAY REVOKE NO PROCESSING, SUCH PERMISSION WHEN

CONVENIENT TO IT; (7) (9)

18a. TO DESIGNATE, WITH THE NAME OF SALVADORAN JURISCONSULTS, THE

ESTABLISHMENTS OF NATIONAL PROPERTY DESTINED FOR THE LODGING OF THE COURTS OF THE COUNTRY; (7) (9)

19a. ORDER, IN THOSE PLACES WHERE SEVERAL JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE CAN KNOW PREVENTION, THAT CERTAIN JUDGMENTS OR PROCEEDINGS PASS TO A JUDGE OTHER THAN THE ONE WHO IS AWARE, TO CONTINUE THEIR

PROCESSING, BE IT FOR REASON OF ACCUMULATION OF WORK NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE OFFICIAL OR TO BE RECHARGED ANY COURT OF CASES THAT WOULD HAVE PRODUCED SERIOUS SOCIAL SCANDAL OR FOR OTHER CAUSES THAT THE

SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE CONSIDERS CONVENIENT, ALL IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AN EARLY AND ACCOMPLISHED JUSTICE; (7) (9)

20a. THE OTHERS THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS DETERMINE. (7) (9)

Art. 52. No person, natural or legal, may plead in stratum or state any matter in a verbal form before the Court, if it is not in jurisdictional matters for him. The above does not prevent the Plena Court from being able to receive in special hearing from national or foreign personalities on a courtesy call.

CHAPTER II

Of The Rooms

Art. 53.-Corresponds to the Constitutional Chamber:

1. Know and resolve the following constitutional processes:

a) the unconstitutionality of laws, decrees and regulations;

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b) the amparo;

c) the person's display;

2nd Resolver disputes between the Legislative Body and the Executive Body, as referred to in Article 138 of the Constitution.

3rd Meeting of the causes mentioned in the 7ª attribution of Article 182 of the Constitution.

4º THE OTHER ATTRIBUTIONS TO DETERMINE THE LAWS. (9)

Art. 54.-Corresponds to the Civil Chamber:

1 HEARING OF THE APPEAL IN CIVIL, FAMILY, COMMERCIAL MATTERS

AND LABOR AND ON APPEAL OF THE JUDGMENTS OF THE CIVIL CHAMBERS OF THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CENTER, OF THE CHAMBERS OF THE THE WORK AND THE FAMILY CHAMBER OF THE SECTION OF THE CENTER, IN THE CASES IN WHICH THEY ARE KNOWN

IN THE FIRST INSTANCE; (19)

2. To know, where appropriate, of the resource in fact and of the extraordinary complaint;

recusal of the Owners and Substitutes of the Chambers of the Second Instance.

declare that the recusal shall take place, the Magistrate shall be separated from the knowledge of the case, and the official shall be appointed to the office of the person who is to subrogate it from

in accordance with the provisions of Article 12; notice to the Court for the appointment of Conjuez;

4th Meeting of the impediments and excuses of the officials referred to in the previous literal, in the case referred to in Article 1186 Pr. If the impediment or excuse is declared legal, the Room will call the Substitutes, but if they do not, it will give

the Court for the appointment of a Judge;

5TH OTHER ATTRIBUTIONS TO DETERMINE THE LAWS. (9)

Art. 55.-Corresponds to the Criminal Court:

1st Meeting of the Appeal, and on appeal of the sentences of the Criminal Chamber

of the First Section of the Center; pronounced in the matters of which you know in the first instance;

2nd Know in your case of the resource in fact and the complaint extraordinaire;

3rd Meeting of the review facility when she has pronounced the failure that results in the

resource;

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4th Exercise the attributions entered in the 3rd and 4th numerals of the previous article.

5TH OTHER PRIVILEGES TO BE DETERMINED BY LAWS. (9)

Art. 56.-IT IS UP TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT TO KNOW OF THE DISPUTES ARISING IN RELATION TO THE LEGALITY OF THE ACTS OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; AND THE OTHER MATTERS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE LAWS. (9)

CHAPTER III

Of The Second Instance Chambers

Art. 57.-The Chambers of the Second Instance, according to their jurisdiction, shall have jurisdiction to know:

1 Of the matters relating to the territory which have been assigned to them in the first instance by the respective courts, as follows:

a) On appeal;

b) By fact resource;

c) In consultation;

d) Under review;

2nd of the extraordinary resources of complaint for delay of justice and for attack;

3rd In the first instance, in the cases determined by laws;

4th In other matters that laws determine.

Art. 58.-CORRESPONDS TO THE SECOND INSTANCE CHAMBERS, THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTIONS:

1a. FORM ITS INTERNAL REGULATIONS, WHICH MUST BE APPROVED BY THE COURT

SUPREME COURT;

2a. RECEIVE THE ACCUSATIONS AND COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE OFFICIALS REGARDING

THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE HAS THE POWER TO DECLARE IF IT HAS TAKEN PLACE, FOR THE SINGLE EFFECT OF INSTRUCTING THE INFORMATION;

3a. KNOW, IN YOUR CLASS, THE RECUSAL, IMPEDIMENTS AND EXCUSES, OF THE JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE OF YOUR SECTION;

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4a. THE OTHERS THAT DETERMINE THE LAWS;

THE ATTRIBUTION 2a. IT ONLY CORRESPONDS TO THE CHAMBERS WITH CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. (9)

CHAPTER IV

Of The Courts Of First Instance

Art. 59.-The Courts of First Instance are single-person courts, and are in charge of a Judge, who must meet the requirements required by Article 179 of the Constitution, and be appointed according to the requirements of the respective law.

Art. 60.-These courts shall in the first instance know, according to their respective jurisdiction, all judicial matters that are promoted within the territory corresponding to their jurisdiction; and

in the second instance in cases and concepts

They will also have competence to know in non-contentious matters that an express law

requires judicial intervention.

Art. 61.-The Judges of First Instance, in matters of their jurisdiction, may only intervene

at the request of a party, except in cases where the law empowers them to proceed on their own initiative.

CHAPTER V

From the Courts of Peace

Art. 62.-THE COURTS OF PEACE ARE ONE-PERSON COURTS THAT KNOW OF THE MINOR MATTERS IN THE CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL CLASSES, ARE IN CHARGE OF A JUDGE WHO MUST MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 180 OF THE CONSTITUTION.

THEY WILL KNOW IN ADDITION TO THE MATTERS THAT THE LAWS DETERMINE. (14)

Art. 63.-The jurisdiction of the Courts of Peace shall be limited to the territory of the Municipality in

that has its seat.

Art. 64.THE COURTS OF PEACE SHALL IN THE FIRST INSTANCE KNOW OF CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS, THE QUANTITY OF WHICH DOES NOT EXCEED TEN THOUSAND COLONES OR WHICH IT MAY NOT EXCEED FOR THE TIME BEING DETERMINED. IN CRIMINAL MATTERS, THEY HAVE COMPETENCE TO KNOW:

(a) OF THE FIRST STEPS OF INSTRUCTION IN ALL PROSECUTIONS FOR CRIMES SUBJECT TO THE COMMON JURISDICTION THAT ARE COMMITTED WITHIN THEIR

TERRITORIAL UNDERSTANDING;

(b) OF THE FALSE; Y,

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c) PROCEEDINGS TO BE COMMITTED BY JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE OR OTHER

COURTS OF JUSTICE OR TO BE DETERMINED BY THE LAWS.

PEACE COURTS WILL BE THE ONLY COURTS COMPETENT TO HEAR

THE CONCILIATORY JUDGMENTS. (9) (14) (20)

Art. 65.-REPEALED. (20)

TITLE IV

Of the other Officials and Employees

CHAPTER I

Supreme Court Secretaries

and the other Second Chambers Instance

Art. 66.-There will be Secretary General for the Supreme Court of Justice and a Secretary for each

one of the Chambers that integrates it.

Art. 67.-THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CONSTITUTION

REQUIRES TO BE A CHAMBER MAGISTRATE OF THE SECOND INSTANCE; AND THE SECRETARIES OF THE ROOMS, WHICH HE REQUIRES TO BE A JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE. (9)

Art. 68. The absence of the Secretary-General, for any legal reason, shall be provided by the Secretaries of the Chamber, in the order of precedence of the Chamber, and that of the Secretaries of the Chamber by the First Chief Officer of the Court.

Art. 69.-The Secretary General shall have the following obligations:

1st Authenticate the signatures of the judicial officers, lawyers and notaries, in the actions or instruments that as such will authorize, without understanding that the authentication guarantees the validity of the performance or the instrument;

2nd to carry a book in which the Magistrates, Judges, Lawyers and Notaries authorized, will settle from their fist and letter the signatures, means signatures and rubrics that they use, should communicate the modifications that will suffer in order to settle them again in the indicated manner; and another

in that the criminal acts which are attributed to the lawyers and notaries, in the exercise of their profession or their functions known to the Supreme Court of Justice by any rational means in order to suspend them, shall be recorded in the order of the Court. or

disable them in that exercise, if necessary, prior to the requirements of the law;

REPEALED (1) (7)

4th The ones mentioned in the following Article.

Art. 70.-These are obligations of the Secretary General and the Secretaries of the Chambers of the Court

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Supreme Court, the following:

1st Authorize with your signature the resolutions of the Court;

2nd to receive the written submissions to the Tribunal, noting on the margin of those and in the presence of the person concerned, the day and time of his presentation, authorizing this reason with his signature; to ascertain the identity of the one who presents them and whether it is signed by the or

to your request by another person, stating this circumstance; and account for such writings at the latest within the next hearing;

3rd Care and retain with due arrangement, processes and documents that are in

your office or in the office of the Magistrates;

4th Always carry the books determined by the respective Law and Regulations;

5th Care that any resolution carries the signature, half-signature or rubric of the Magistrate or Magistrates who must authorize it;

6 exhorts and pleas to be delivered by the Tribunal;

7th Make the notifications, citations and sites to be practiced in the office;

8th Issue of the Court's official correspondence in a timely manner;

CARRY A RECORD CONTAINING THE ESSENTIAL AND IN EXTRACT, DAY BY DAY, OF THE RESOLUTIONS DICTATE IN COURT; (9)

10TH REPEALED (1) (7)

11th Custody of the Court and Registrar's stamps and books and ensure that the furniture and other items in the office are preserved in good condition;

12th Deliver to the Prosecutors and Representatives of the Attorney General's Office, the processes in which they should intervene, and return to the office completed the legal terms;

13th Fulfill and make the verbal or written orders emanating from the Court or the President immediately comply;

14th Take an inventory book, duly authorized by the Court of Auditors of the Republic, of the furniture and other articles of the Tribunal.

15TH OTHER THAN TO DETERMINE THE LAWS. (9)

Art. 71.-THE SECRETARIES OF THE SECOND INSTANCE CHAMBERS SHALL BE LAWYERS

IN EXERCISE; AND THEIR OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE THE SAME AS THOSE LISTED IN THE ARTICLE

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PREVIOUS.

ITS ABSENCE, FOR ANY LEGAL REASON, WILL BE SUPPLIED BY THE SENIOR OFFICER OF THE RESPECTIVE COURT. (9)

Art. 72. Where the Chambers of the Second Instance are held at the place where the Chambers of the Second Instance are held, there shall be no lawyer to accept the position of Registrar, the appointment may be made in person who meets

the requirements to be the Registrar of the Court of First Instance.

CHAPTER II

Of Courts Secretaries

Art. 73.-THE JUDGES SHALL ACT WITH A SECRETARY, WHO SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO

THE EXERCISE OF THE POSITION BY THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE.

SHOULD ALSO BE AUTHORIZED FOR THE EXERCISE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS

THE NOTIFIER, THE NOTIFIER-NOTIFIER, THE NOTIFYING SECRETARY AND THOSE WHO PERFORM THE SAME OR SIMILAR FUNCTIONS, EVEN IF THEY ARE MENTIONED BY ANOTHER NAME.

THE AUTHORISATIONS REFERRED TO IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESPECTIVE REGULATIONS. (9)

Art. 74. IN ORDER TO SERVE AS THE SECRETARY OF COURT, STUDENTS OF LEGAL SCIENCES, AUTHORIZED TO DO SO, MUST BE PREFERRED.

THE FIRST TIME THE PERSON HAS APPLIED TO TAKE THE POST OF SECRETARY, HE WILL ACCOMPANY THE APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION OF THE AUTHORIZATION. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SERVED ANOTHER COURT CLERK, YOU WILL ADD A TRUE RECORD OF HAVING LEFT THE ENTIRE

THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS UNDER YOUR RESPONSIBILITY; NOT MISSING SIGNATURES ON THE FILES THAT WERE PROCESSED; AND HAVING PERFORMED IT. WITH HONESTY AND CAPACITY.

NO PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO START SERVING AS SECRETARY BEFORE HIS APPOINTMENT. IN THE EVENT THAT THE COURT SHALL REMAIN WITHOUT A APPOINTED SECRETARY, THE JUDGE SHALL INFORM THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE WITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO PROCEED WITH THE APPOINTMENT; IN THE MEANTIME THE JUDGE SHALL APPOINT

INTERMINELY ONE, WHO WILL SERVE UNTIL THE APPOINTEE TAKES POSSESSION. (9)

Art. 75.-REPEALED (9)

Art. 76.-THE LACK OF SECRETARY FOR ILLNESS, LICENSE OR OTHER LEGAL CAUSE, SHALL BE SUPPLIED BY A JUDGE APPOINTED BY THE JUDGE, APPLYING THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE

74 OF THIS ACT. (9)

Art. 77.-The Secretaries of the Judges who are not lawyers will be jointly and severally responsible

with these.

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Art. 78.-These are the obligations of the Secretaries of the Courts, the following:

1st Practice in the manner prevented by law the sites, citations and notifications that are offered in and out of the office;

2nd Secret Save in the matters that require it;

3rd Care of the files that are in charge; that the files have their cards, that they are sewn and foliated by their order and with the toilet due, without prejudice to the responsibility that fits the Judge;

4th THOSE CONTAINED IN FRACTIONS 1a., 2a., 4a., 8a., 9a. and 14a. OF ARTICLE 70 OF THIS ACT; (9)

5th Those that impose other laws on them.

The measures mentioned in the first section of this article, may also be practiced by the

Secretary Notifier, and in criminal matters, the citations of witnesses and juries may also be verified by the Citador of the Tribunal.

Art. 79.-THE PROVISIONS OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 74 ALSO APPLY TO THE NOTIFIERS AND NOTIFIERS OF THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND THE NOTIFYING SECRETARIES OF THE PEACE COURTS. (9)

CHAPTER III

Common Provisions to the Two Previous Chapters.

Art. 80.-The same person shall not be able to perform more than one Secretariat in the Judicial Ramo.

Art. 81.-REPEALED (9)

Art. 82.-THE SECRETARY IS THE IMMEDIATE HEAD OF THE JUNIOR STAFF AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OFFICE. IT SHALL THEREFORE TAKE CARE THAT OTHER EMPLOYEES FULFIL THEIR OBLIGATIONS. (9)

Art. 83.-REPEALED (9)

Art. 84.-REPEALED (9)

Art. 85.-The Secretaries, Notificators, Citators-Notifiers and Secretaries

Notifiers:

1 Receive from the litigants or handouts of any class;

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2nd Being Depository of Litigious Things;

3rd Trust Processes or Documents presented in trials or to deliver the proceedings, without the express mandate of the Judge or Tribunal;

4TH TO ALLOW ARCHIVED PERFORMANCES TO BE REMOVED FROM THE OFFICES, WITHOUT PRIOR MANDATE OF THE JUDGE OR TRIBUNAL; (9)

5º Being a Business Agent, Prosecutors or directors of those who are airing in the Court where they act;

6th Act in their own causes and in which their relatives are interested in the fourth degree of consanguinity or second degree of affinity, legitimate or illegitimate, and in those in which they are judges, judges, lawyers, prosecutors, defenders or curators;

7th REPEALED (9) CHAPTER IV

Of Older Officers

Art. 86.-THERE WILL BE SENIOR OFFICERS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE AND IN THE SECOND INSTANCE CHAMBERS. (9)

Art. 87. -- IN CASES OF RECUSAL, IMPEDIMENT OR EXCUSE, THE SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE SHALL SUBRULE EACH OTHER INTERCHANGEABLY. (9)

Art. 88.-THE SENIOR OFFICERS SHALL ORDER THE PROCESSES, TAKE CARE THAT THEY ARE COSEWN AND NEATLY NUMBERED THEIR FOJAS, WILL ROLL AND NUMBER THE PIECES OF WHICH THOSE ARE COMPOSED, WHICH MUST NOT EXCEED TWO HUNDRED SHEETS. (9)

processes before being delivered to the parties or remitting them to other offices, to remedy any repairable defects, doing the same when receiving them.

Art. 89.-These are the obligations of Senior Officers:

1st Assist the Secretary in the Secretariat's work;

2nd Make notifications, citations and sites to be practiced outside the office;

3rd Replace Secretary, when he is absent or occupied in the office of the Tribunal;

4th Take the books of entry of the processes and documents received at the Secretariat and the books of knowledge and sacs; deliver the processes to the parties and receive them when they are returned by putting in one case the respective reason of the day and time that they are

deliver or return; the same will be observed when the Magistrates and Contributors

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bring the processes into study;

5th Also Anotate in processes the date and time in which provisions, exhortations, pleas and other dispatches have been issued and sent to them and those in which they are received

Art. 90.-The Supreme Court will distribute among its Senior Officers the obligations

indicated in the previous article. CHAPTER V

Of Legal Contributors

Art. 91.-There will be in the Supreme Court of Justice, in the Chambers of the Second Instance and the Courts of First Instance the Legal Collaborators that are necessary, who must gather the same

qualities required to be Judge of First Instance.

Art. 92.-They are obligations of the Legal Collaborators:

1th Make in the processes the relation of the facts;

2nd Dar tells the court, before making the relationship, of the following:

a) Of all the substantial vice or omission that notary in the proceedings;

b) Of the violations of the Courts, Judges, officials and parties who have intervened;

3rd Doing the studies and works entrusted to them by the Tribunal;

4th Save secret in all matters related to your charge.

CHAPTER VI

From Archivists and Other Employees

Art. 93.-There will be in the Supreme Court of Justice and in the Chambers of the Second Instance, with the

name determined in the Law of Salaries, an archivist in charge of the custody, conservation and settlement of the Court's file.

The Court's archivist shall bear the due separation, the records and documents of the Tribunal and its Chambers. In Special Section you will archive the notaries ' protocols.

In the Courts there will be an archivist when the needs of the office are required.

Art. 94.-REPEALED (9)

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Art. 95.-The obligations of the archivists are:

1st Forming a complete inventory of the records and documents of the Tribunal; placing them properly classified according to the coding that for this purpose is adopted, must

save absolute secrecy with respect to the files, documents and protocols to be used by the custodian;

2nd to carry an entry book and other of the files and documents; in the first one will be noted the ones that the Secretariat delivers for its guardian, and in the second the ones that for any reason are looted from the file, cancelling that annotation when they are returned;

3rd Other as determined by the Rules of Court.

Art. 96.-IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, SECOND-INSTANCE CHAMBERS AND COURTS

OF FIRST INSTANCE AND OF PEACE, THERE SHALL BE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO DETERMINE THE LAW OF WAGES.

IN CITIES IN WHICH LEGAL SCIENCE FACULTIES FUNCTION, CHARGES REQUIRING LEGAL AND LEGAL KNOWLEDGE, WHATEVER THEIR DENOMINATION IN THE LAW OF WAGES, SHALL BE ENTRUSTED TO ACTIVE STUDENTS OF SUCH FACULTIES, OR

GRADUATES WHO HAVE NO MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF OBTAINING THIS QUALITY. (9)

Art. 97.-REPEALED (9)

CHAPTER VII

OF THE INSTITUTE OF LEGAL MEDICINE (31)

FINES (31)

Art. 98.-THE INSTITUTE OF LEGAL MEDICINE " DR. ROBERTO MASFERRER "THE

INSTITUTE", WILL HAVE AS ITS MAIN PURPOSE THE PROVISION OF THE EXPERT SERVICES, INDEPENDENTLY, FOR WHICH IT WILL ISSUE THE OPINIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED ACCORDING TO THE LAW. (9) (31)

INSTITUTE FUNCTIONS (31)

Art. 99.-THE INSTITUTE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS:

(a) TO PROVIDE THE EXPERT SERVICES REQUESTED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY, KEEPING THE CUSTODY CHAIN RULES

RESPECTIVE;

b) COLLECT, ORGANIZE, PRESERVE, AND PUBLISH DATA AND STATISTICS ON

INSTITUTE SUBJECTS; AND,

c) CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, TRAINING AND UPDATING FOR

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YOUR TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC STAFF, BOTH NATIONALLY AND

INTERNATIONAL. (9) (31)

ADDRESS (31)

Art. 100.-THE INSTITUTE WILL HAVE ITS REGISTERED OFFICE IN THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR, WITH REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, SUBSEDES AND OFFICES IN ANY PART OF THE TERRITORY

NATIONAL. (9) (31)

STRUCTURE (31)

Art. 101.-THE INSTITUTE SHALL BE INTEGRATED AS FOLLOWS:

a) COUNCIL DIRECTIVE;

b) GENERAL ADDRESS;

c) ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT;

d) DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC CLINIC;

e) DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC PATHOLOGY;

f) DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC CHEMISTRY;

g) DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC BIOLOGY;

h) DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC CONDUCT SCIENCES;

i) ACADEMIC AND STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT;

j) REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS; AND,

k) ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT TO BE DETERMINED IN THE REGULATION.

REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND DEPARTMENTS WILL BE ORGANIZED INTO SECTIONS AND

WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVELY DEPENDENT ON THE GENERAL DIRECTION. (31)

ADDRESS COUNCIL (31)

Art. 102. THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTE, HEREINAFTER "THE COUNCIL", SHALL BE INTEGRATED AS FOLLOWS:

(a) THE PRESIDING MAGISTRATE OF THE CRIMINAL COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE;

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b) THE ADMINISTRATIVE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE;

c) THE GERENT SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE GENERAL LEGAL AFFAIRS;

d) THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INSTITUTE; AND,

E) THE PRESIDENT OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE INSTITUTE. (9) (31)

POWERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (31)

Art. 102-A.-THEY ARE PRIVILEGES OF THE COUNCIL, THE FOLLOWING:

a) APPROVE THE POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND LINES OF ACTION OF THE INSTITUTE;

b) PROPOSE TO THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE THE APPOINTMENT OR REMOVAL OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE MANAGEMENT GENERAL, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EXPERTS, AS WELL AS APPOINT ADMINISTRATIVE AND AUXILIARY STAFF

APPROPRIATE; (c) APPROVE THE ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLAN, PROTOCOLS, MANUALS, INSTRUCTIONS

AND OTHER WORK INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH

INSTITUTE PURPOSES;

d) APPROVE THE SUBSCRIPTION COOPERATION AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS

PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL, IN MATTERS OF COMPETENCE OF THE INSTITUTE;

e) TO PROMOTE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ITS ATTRIBUTIONS WITH THE MINISTRIES OF THE EXECUTIVE BODY, PUBLIC MINISTRY, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE JUDICIARY, NATIONAL CIVIL POLICE AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS

RELATED TO THEIR COMPETITION; AND,

F) PROMOTE TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS TO IMPROVE

PERIAL SERVICE. (31)

MEETINGS (31)

Art. 102-B.-THE COUNCIL SHALL ORDINARILY MEET AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. THE ADDRESS OF THE SESSIONS SHALL BE THE PRESIDING MAGISTRATE OF THE CRIMINAL CHAMBER. THE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INSTITUTE AND THE ITEMS

OF AGENDA, WILL BE PRESENTED BY EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.

BOTH TO ESTABLISH THE ATTENDANCE QUORUM; AS WELL AS FOR SESIONAR,

THE PRESENCE OF THE MAJORITY OF ITS MEMBERS WILL BE REQUIRED. (31)

DIRECTOR GENERAL (31)

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Art. 102-C.-THE INSTITUTE ' S DIRECTORATE-GENERAL WILL BE IN CHARGE OF A DIRECTOR

GENERAL AND, IN ABSENCE THEREOF, OF A SUB-DIRECTOR GENERAL, WHO SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

1) BE SALVADORAN BY BIRTH;

2) OLDER THAN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE;

3) POSSESSING DEGREE OR POST-DEGREE DEGREE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: LEGAL SCIENCES, MEDICINE, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OR RELATED;

4) WITH AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCE OF THE CRIME OR FORENSIC SCIENCES; AND,

5) OF NOTORIOUS MORALITY. (31)

ATTRIBUTIONS OF THE CEO (31)

Art. 102-D.-THE DIRECTOR GENERAL SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS:

(a) TO EXERCISE THE REPRESENTATION OF THE INSTITUTE, BEFORE ANY AUTHORITY OR INSTITUTION, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ITS COMPETENCE AND FUNTIONS;

b) DRAW UP THE ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLAN, PROTOCOLS, MANUALS, INSTRUCTIONS, AND OTHER WORK INSTRUMENTS NECESSARY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE

PURPOSES OF THE INSTITUTE AND SUBJECT THEM TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL;

c) REQUIRE, WHERE APPROPRIATE, OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, THE

SERVICES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR PRIVILEGES;

d) TO PROPOSE TO THE COUNCIL, THE APPROVAL OF THE SUBSCRIPTION OF

COOPERATION FROM THE INSTITUTE, WITH NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL ENTITIES, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE;

e) IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

APPLICABLE, IN FORENSIC MATTERS AND THE UPDATING OF MANUALS AND PROTOCOLS;

f) PUBLIC OPPOSITION COMPETITIONS FOR EXPERT RECRUITMENT

AND TO MAKE PROPOSALS TO THE ADVICE FOR THE RESPECTIVE SELECTION, BASED ON THE RULES AND PROCEDURES LAID DOWN IN REGULATION;

g) SELECTING PRIOR CONTEST TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND AUXILIARY STAFF FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW; AND,

WHAT THE COUNCIL AND THE REGULATION ARE AWARE OF. (31)

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INSTITUTE SERVICES (31)

Art. 102-E.-MAY REQUIRE OR REQUEST THE SERVICES OF THE INSTITUTE:

A) THE JUDGES AND COURTS OF THE REPUBLIC;

b) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC AND ITS AUXILIARY AGENTS;

c) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC, IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THEIR POWERS;

(d) OFFICERS AND AGENTS OF THE NATIONAL CIVIL POLICE, UPON REQUEST PURSUANT TO THE LAW; AND,

(e) THOSE EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY LAW. (31)

ESCALAFON (31)

Art. 102-F.-AN ESCALATION WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE BODY OF EXPERTS THROUGH A

SYSTEM OF PROMOTIONS AND PROMOTIONS BASED ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, EFFICIENCY, PERFORMANCE, ACADEMIC PREPARATION, PUBLISHED RESEARCH, WORK EFFORT, ETHICS AT WORK AND SENIORITY.

THE LABOR AND DISCIPLINARY REGIME OF THE INSTITUTE ' S SERVERS, WILL BE SUBJECT TO SPECIAL WORKING REGULATIONS, BY VIRTUE OF THE WORK THEY PERFORM. (31)

TRAINING (31)

Art. 102-G.-THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING, ORGANIZING AND DEVELOPING TRAINING EVENTS FOR THE STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE AND THE OPERATORS OF THE JUSTICE SECTOR, IN RESPECT OF THE SPECIALIZED AREAS AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL,

POSTGRADUATE AND CONTINUING TRAINING. LIKEWISE, THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A STATISTICAL SECTION.

THE INSTITUTE WILL HAVE A MAGAZINE FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF

RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES, DEVELOPMENT OF FORENSIC PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS CONSIDERED OF INTEREST, WHOSE EDITION WILL CORRESPOND TO THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (31)

ADVISORY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (31)

Art. 102-H.-THE MANAGEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF THE INSTITUTE ' S EXPERT PROCESSES SHALL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE ADVISORY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, WHICH SHALL BE COMPOSED OF ONE MEMBER OF EACH DESIGNATED SECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE REGULATION; WHO

WILL MONITOR THE MAINTENANCE OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS ACCORDING TO REQUIREMENTS

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INTERNATIONAL, AND FORMULATE PROPOSALS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE BEST

PROVISION OF THE EXPERT SERVICE.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, THE ADVISORY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WILL HAVE

ACCOUNT FOR THE OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE LEGAL COMMITTEE FORMED IN AN INTERINSTITUTIONAL MANNER.

THE CONSULTATIVE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERINSTITUTIONAL COORDINATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF THE JUSTICE SECTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

A PRESIDENT WILL BE APPOINTED, WHO WILL BE THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE COUNCIL, THE COORDINATING COMMISSION AND THE LEGAL COMMITTEE. (31)

BUDGET RESERVE (31)

Art. 102-I.-THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, OF THE BUDGET OF THE JUDICIAL BODY,

MUST DISPOSE OF THE NECESSARY RESOURCES FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF THE INSTITUTE. (31)

REGULATION (31)

Art. 102-J.-FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CHAPTER, THE INSTITUTE SHALL HAVE ITS OWN RULES OF PROCEDURE, WHICH SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE,

WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE PRESENT DECREE. (31)

CHAPTER VIII

Of The Forensic Clinics (31) Repealed

CHAPTER IX

OF EMBARGOERS (9)

Art. 105.-THE EXECUTORS OF EMBARGOES PERFORM A JUDICIAL FUNCTION THAT CONSISTS IN CARRYING OUT, BY COMMISSION, THE DECREES OF EMBARGO OR KIDNAPPING EMANATED FROM THE

COURTS. (9)

Art. 106.-TO EXERCISE THE EMBARGOER CHARGE, IT IS REQUIRED:

1o. CHECK SUITABILITY TO PERFORM THE CHARGE, BEFORE THE CIVIL COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE;

2o. GOOD BEHAVIOR NOTED, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE;

3o. BAIL, UP TO THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND COLONES, TO THE SAME

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ROOM, TO PERFORM THE POSITION FAITHFULLY AND LEGALLY.

THE CIVIL COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE WILL EXTEND TO THE INTERESTED PARTY, IN SEALED PAPER OF FIVE COLONES FIFTY CENTS, IN CASE OF SERLE

FAVORABLE THE RESOLUTION THAT FALLS ON THE INFORMATION THAT WILL HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED, IN THE APPLICABLE LAW, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE "REGULATION TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OR AUTHORIZATION TO CARRY OUT THE POSITION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COURT".

THE EXECUTORS WHO ARE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO ART. 612 PR., SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRESENT TO THE CIVIL COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, THE

EVIDENCE ISSUED BY THE JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE SURRENDER THE SECURITY REFERRED TO IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF THIS ARTICLE, IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE ROOM TO EXTEND NEW CONSTANCY, AUTHORIZING THEM TO EXERCISE OFFICE. (4) (9)

Art. 107.-THE CIVIL COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE SHALL KEEP A RECORD OF ALL PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF EXECUTOR OF EMBARGOES,

IN WHICH IT SHALL RECORD, THE DATE OF THEIR AUTHORIZATION, THEIR PERSONAL DATA, THE WARNINGS, OF WHICH EACH JUDGE MUST INFORM IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND OF THE SUSPENSIONS WHICH DUE TO IRREGULARITIES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ON HIM. (9)

Art. 108.-EXECUTORS OF EMBARGOES MAY BE SUSPENDED OR CANCELLED IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR DUTIES FOR IRREGULARITIES COMMITTED, TO WHICH EFFECT ALL

JUDGE OR TRIBUNAL IS OBLIGED TO INFORM THE CIVIL ROOM OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE SUCH IRREGULARITIES, WHICH MAY ALSO BE REPORTED TO THE SAME COURT BY THE INJURED, AND THE ROOM MUST BE ADDED SUMMARILY IN BOTH CASES;

SUCH SANCTIONS MAY BE IMPOSED WITH ONLY THE MORAL ROBUSTNESS OF PROOF. (9)

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of the Supreme Court Sections

CHAPTER I

Of the Notary Section

Art. 109.-THE SECTION OF THE NOTARY IS A DEPENDENCY OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE; IT WILL BE IN CHARGE OF A BOSS WHO MUST GATHER THE QUALITIES REQUIRED TO BE A JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE.

THERE WILL BE A DEPUTY HEAD OF THE SECTION, WHO WILL HAVE TO MEET THE SAME QUALITIES REQUIRED FOR THE BOSS, WHO WILL PERFORM THE DUTIES DELEGATED TO HIM BY THE BOSS AND

WILL SUPPLY IN HIS ABSENCE. (9)

Art. 110.-THE CHIEF OF THE NOTARY SECTION WILL ACT WITH A SECRETARY, WHO MUST

GATHER THE QUALITIES REQUIRED TO BE THE SECRETARY OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE. (9)

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Art. 111.-Corresponds to the Head of the Notary Section:

1ST TO COMPLY WITH NOTARIES DOMICILED IN THE CAPITAL, WITH THE PRIVILEGES AND OBLIGATIONS GRANTED TO THEM AND IMPOSES THE LAW OF

NOTARY; (9)

2nd Take the books of testimony and testaments that are referred to the Court,

in accordance with the same law;

3 REFER TO THE FILE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, ALREADY REVIEWED, THE TESTIMONIES OF OPEN WILLS, COVERED BY THE CLOSED, BOOKS

OF PROTOCOL AND ITS ANNEXES AND TESTIMONIALS BOOKS, FORMED OF WHICH IN SIMPLE PAPER HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE NOTARIES AND JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE, AND MUST INFORM THE COURT OF THE INFORMALITIES THAT I WILL NOTICE

IN EACH INSTRUMENT; THE REMISSION OF THE TESTIMONIES OF PUBLIC WILLS AND THE COVERS OF THE CLOSED ONES, MUST BE MADE WITHIN A THIRD DAY OF RECEIPT, AND THAT OF THE PROTOCOLS AND ITS ANNEXES AND BOOKS

TESTIMONIES, NO LATER THAN THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER OF EACH YEAR; (9)

4th Provide, with the view of the books to which the fraction 2 to those interested in proving the death of the testator, the data concerning only the existence of the respective will, to the date it was granted and the name of the notary that

authorized; and to allow the licensors of the respective scriptures, to the persons whose rights are derived from these or to be derived from those, and to the lawyers, to examine the protocol or protocols existing in the file of the Supreme Court of Justice, to their

presence or that of the Archivist;

5th Exorder the testimonies that are requested of the scriptures that are guarded in the file

of the Supreme Court of Justice, already of the protocols of the notaries, already of the records formed of the testimonies referred to them under the law, and of which they are referred by the Diplomatic or Consular Agents and Judges of First Instance with

jurisdiction in civil matters, in the cases determined by the law. The issue of such testimony will be issued with a summons from the opposing party, in the cases that the law prescribes.

If you have any doubt as to the origin of the testimony, you will notice to the Court

the convenient;

6th Take an inventory of the furniture and other items in the office.

Art. 112.-CORRESPONDS TO THE JUDGE FIRST OF THE CIVIL OF THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF SAN SALVADOR, REGARDING THE CHIEF AND DEPUTY HEAD OF THE SECTION OF THE NOTARY, WHEN THESE

PERFORM FUNCTIONS OF NOTARY, EXERCISE THE PRIVILEGES AND FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS INDICATED IN THE 1O ORDINALS. And 3O. OF THE ARTICLE BEFORE. (9)

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Of The Probity Section

Art. 113.-THE PROBITY SECTION IS A DEPENDENCY OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, IN CHARGE OF A CHIEF WHO MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED TO BE A JUDGE OF

FIRST INSTANCE.

THERE WILL BE A ALTERNATE HEAD OF THE SECTION, WHO MUST GATHER THE REQUIRED QUALITIES

FOR THE OWNER. (9)

Art. 114.-Corresponds to the Head of the Probity Section:

1 Receive the declarations referred to in Art.3 of the Law on the Illicit Enrichment of Public Servants and Employees and give the Supreme Court of Justice of the violations of the obligation imposed by that provision;

2nd Classify and save in a special file the declarations, keeping them in reserve;

3rd Report to the Supreme Court of Justice when the examination of the statements signs of illicit enrichment against any official or public employee, for the effects of Art. 9 of the Law on Illicit Enrichment of Officials and

Public Employees;

4th Other than the law imposes on you.

CHAPTER III

From the Professional Research Section

Art. 115.-THERE WILL BE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE A SECTION IN CHARGE OF

INVESTIGATING THE CONDUCT OF THE LAWYERS, NOTARIES, STUDENTS OF LEGAL SCIENCES, WITH THE ABILITY TO DEFEND OR TO PROCURE, EXECUTORS OF EMBARGOES AND OTHER OFFICIALS OF APPOINTMENT OF THE COURT NOT TO BE PART OF THE JUDICIAL CAREER. THIS SECTION

WILL BE IN CHARGE OF A BOSS, WHO MUST MEET THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO BE A JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE, WHO WILL INTERVENE WITH A SECRETARY, AND MAY ACT ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE OR AT THE REQUEST OF ANY INTERESTED PARTY. (9)

The Chief The Section will substantiate the information, be able to take statements, order a comparison and free the corresponding cuttings, in the name of the President of the Court. Upon completion of the information, and after hearing the opinion of the Prosecutor of the Court, it will give the President, who,

if he considers it purged, will submit it to the Court of Full Court.

Art. 116.-This same Section will be responsible for the processing of applications submitted for

obtaining authorization as a lawyer or notary.

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From the Publications Section

Art. 117.-THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE SHALL HAVE A SECTION OF PUBLICATIONS, WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND STAFF. THIS WILL BE

CHARGE OF A BOSS. (9)

Art. 118.-The "Judicial Review", which will be the disclosure organ of the Supreme Court of Justice, will be published in this Section, whose direction and wording will correspond to the Honours, to the Magistrate who will name the Court, who will perform his duties. functions for the two-year period, being able to be re-elected.

Art. 119.-In the "Judicial Review" they will be published:

1 The Laws and Decrees of the Legislative and Executive Bodies that refer to the Judicial Ramo;

2nd Supreme Court of Justice Agreements and resolutions that are to be published;

3rd Courts and Judges ' judgments to resolve issues of legal importance,

to the Director's judgment;

4th Court-crafted bills and opinions issued in cases in

that according to the law is required;

5º REPEALED (9)

Art. 120.-The Journal shall be distributed free of charge to the officials of the other Organs of the State, Attorney General of the Republic, Attorney General of the Republic, Magistrates, Judges, Prosecutors, Physicians

Forensic, Registrar and Persons

The Director will seek the exchange of the Journal with similar organs from other countries.

The Rules of Procedure for the Administration of the Journal will be agreed by the Supreme Court of Justice.

Art. 121.-The laws and regulations relating to the Ramo

shall also be published in particular, and the scientific works of national authors, relating to the science of law, which the Supreme Court considers appropriate.

CHAPTER V (27)

OF THE TEST AND FREEDOM DEPARTMENT (27)

Art. 121 A.-BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT OF PROOF AND ASSISTED FREEDOM, AS A DEPENDENCY OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF A CHIEF WHO MUST

BRING TOGETHER THE QUALITIES REQUIRED TO BE A JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE. CONTACT A

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BODY OF INSPECTORS AND TEST ASSISTANTS APPOINTED BY THE SAME COURT. (27)

Art. 121 b.-THE DEPARTMENT OF PROOF AND ASSISTED FREEDOM SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE, COLLABORATE WITH THE JUDGES OF PENITENTIARY AND EXECUTION OF THE PENALTY, IN THE

TASKS OF CONTROL OF THE CONDITIONS OR RULES OF CONDUCT IMPOSED IN THE CASES OF CONDITIONAL SUSPENSION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, SECURITY MEASURES, PROBATION, CONDITIONAL SUSPENSION OF EXECUTION OF THE SENTENCE IN ANY OF ITS

FORMS, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF PENALTIES THAT DO NOT INVOLVE DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY. (27)

Art. 121 c.-THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TESTING AND ASSISTED FREEDOM SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE:

(A) DEVELOP POLICIES, METHODS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF THE DEPARTMENT;

b) ELABORATE THE PROCEDURE MANUALS THAT ARE NECESSARY, FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SERVICE TO THE JUDGES OF PENITENTIARY AND EXECUTION OF THE PENALTY;

c) ESTABLISH, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMISSIONS REQUIRED TO SUPERVISE THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE REPLACEMENT MEASURES OF DETENTION, WHICH

CORRESPOND TO THE LAW;

d) COLLABORATE AND OBTAIN THE COLLABORATION OF THE AGENCIES ADMINISTRATIVE

WHICH ESTABLISHES THE PENITENTIARY LAW, FOR BETTER FULFILLMENT OF ITS OBJECTIVES; AND

AND) THE OTHER ATTRIBUTIONS THAT THE LAW AND THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE POINT OUT TO HIM. (27)

Art. 121 d.-THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, WILL DICTATE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL REGULATORY STANDARDS, FOR THE BEST OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT. (27)

TITLE VI

UNICO CHAPTER

From Licenses and Holidays

Art. 122.-THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE MAY GRANT UNPAID LEAVE

FOR UP TO TWO MONTHS IN EACH YEAR, TO THE MAGISTRATES OF THE SAME.

MAGISTRATES MAY MAKE USE OF THE LICENSE FOR PERIODS NOT LESS THAN THREE

DAYS, PRIOR TO THE CORRESPONDING DEPOSIT, WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW, WHICH SHALL COMMUNICATE TO THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE AND THE COURT OF AUDITORS REPUBLIC. (9)

Art. 123. THE COURT MAY GRANT SICK LEAVE, WITH ENJOYMENT

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SALARY TO ITS MAGISTRATES, FOR UP TO FIVE MONTHS IN EACH YEAR OF SERVICE. THE

RESPECTIVE AGREEMENT SHALL DETERMINE THE TIME OF THE LICENCE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SERIOUSNESS OR SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DISEASE; IF IT CONTINUES, THE LICENCE MAY BE EXTENDED WITHOUT EXCEEDING THE LIMIT STATED ABOVE. (9)

Art. 124.-TO OBTAIN PAID LEAVE, THE MAGISTRATE MUST ACCOMPANY THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS JUSTIFYING HIS ILLNESS. (9)

Art. 125.-REPEALED (9)

Art. 126.-REPEALED BY D.L. Nº 620/1996

Art. 127.-In all that is not specifically provided for by this law, the provisions of the Law on the Assuetuses, Vacations and Licenses of Public Employees, or in any other way that

manifest does not exclude officials or Judicial Authority employees.

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UNICO CHAPTER

From Precedence

Art. 128.-The President of the Supreme Court of Justice will precede the other Magistrates. The

Constitutional Chamber will precede that of the Civil; it is the one of the Penal; and the latter to that of the Administrative Contentious.

The precedence of the Magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber will be in accordance with the order of their designation and that of the other Chambers in accordance with the order in which they were integrated in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 4; and that of the Magistrates of the Chambers of the Second Instance,

according to the order of their appointment.

The Second Instance Chambers based in San Salvador will precede the other

Sectionals

and enter

Judges of First Instance shall take their precedence in the class to which they correspond according to the number of orders they have; but in the case where Judges of several classes are present, they shall be in

first of all, the Judges of Finance, in their order, following those of the Civil and Commercial, the Labor, the Criminal, the Minor, the Transit, the Military and the Inquilinato.

Art. 129.-In Full Court the Magistrates shall take a seat according to the precedence established in the previous article, points 1 and 2.

Art. 130.-The President of the Supreme Court of Justice shall ensure that, in the official acts to which he attends, the precedence that according to the respective laws corresponds to him.

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UNIQUE CHAPTER

Of Trages and Badges

Art. 131.-The Magistrates and Judges of First Instance, in the official acts, shall wear the suit corresponding to the ceremony to attend; and the office shall be in attendance in suit appropriate to the category of their posts.

Art. 132.-The Magistrates and Judges shall use as distinctive, in the ojal of the left flap a button of circular shape, one and a half centimeter in diameter, enamelled with the colors of the National Pavilion in the order that it presents them, containing a "P" to be carried by the President of the Court;

and an "M", those used by the Magistrates and a "J" for the Judges of First Instance and Peace.

These letters shall have a centimeter of height and the width shall be The judges of the Presidents, Magistrates and Judges of First Instance and of Silver are the ones of the Judges of Peace.

Art. 133.-Officials who do not comply with the provisions of the two preceding articles shall be admonished by the President of the Supreme Court of Justice; and in the event of a recidivism, a fine shall be imposed on them not to fall from five colons or to exceed Twenty-five.

TITLE IX

UNIQUE CHAPTER

Funers Honours

Art. 134.-Immediately that any of the Magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice dies, the Secretary of the Supreme Court will inform the Minister of the Ramo for the purposes of the Army Ordinance.

Art. 135.-The President of the Tribunal will convene a plenary session with due opportunity, to

agree to the appointment of the Commissions to preside the duel, to give the condolences to the family of the extinct and to dictate the other provisions that are estimates.

Art. 136.-The Secretary of the Court in the name of the Court, will send to the account of the nation,

in two of the newspapers of greater circulation of the capital of the Republic, a corner lamenting the death and inviting to the funerals.

Art. 137.-It is the duty of the judicial employees of the place where the Magistrate dies, to attend the burial. You will notice the death in the next issue of the "Judicial Review", whose pages will have to be filled.

Art. 138.-If a Magistrate of one of the Chambers of the Second Instance dies, the other shall immediately notify the President of the Court and the Minister of Defense and Public Security; the first

for what it deems appropriate to have and to the second for the purposes of Art. 134.

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Art. 139.-The provisions of the foregoing articles are applicable to the Substitute Magistrates, when

one of them will die in the exercise of their duties.

TITLE X

ONLY CHAPTER

Authorization of Lawyers and Notaries

Art. 140.-THE PERSON WHO INTENDS TO RECEIVE A LAWYER SHALL SUBMIT HIS APPLICATION TO THE HEAD OF THE PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATION SECTION, ACCOMPANYING THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

1º) HIS DOCTOR ' S DEGREE IN CASE LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES LEGAL SCIENCES;

2nd) CERTIFICATION OF YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE;

3º) CROWDED WITH LEGAL PRACTICE, WHICH MAY BE CREDITED

FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:

(a) EXTENDED CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED

WHERE THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO HAVE COMPLETED OR DULY AND DILIGENTLY INTERVENED IN THE FOLLOWING:

1) THREE PERSONAL EXHIBITS AT LEAST;

2) THREE CRIMINAL DEFENSES, AT LEAST, FROM THE START OF THE

PROCESS; OR FIVE PUBLIC VIEWS AS A DEFENDER, PROSECUTOR OR JURY OWNER;

3) FIVE CIVIL, COMMERCIAL OR LABOR PROCESSES, AT LEAST, REPRESENTING FOR FREE PERSONS OF LIMITED ECONOMIC RESOURCES, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OR ANOTHER INSTITUTION

OFFICER IN CHARGE OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

THE REQUIREMENT REFERRED TO IN NUMBER TWO MAY

BE REPLACED BY TEN OF THE TWO-WAY AUTO PROJECTS AND FIVE FINAL-SENTENCE PROJECTS, AT LEAST, PREPARED IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE COURTS OF

FIRST INSTANCE; AND THE REQUIREMENT REFERRED TO IN ISSUE NUMBER THREE MAY BE REPLACED BY TEN 'S' AND FIVE 'FINAL', AT LEAST, WORKED OUT IN CIVIL PROCESSES

PROJECTS AND FIVE DRAFT JUDGMENTS.

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BUSINESS OR LABOR TO BE FOLLOWED IN FIRST COURT

INSTANCE.

THE AUTHORITY CONCERNED, WHEN ISSUING THE CERTIFICATIONS

OF THE PRACTICE, SHALL CLEARLY INDICATE THE CASES IN WHICH THE PERSON CONCERNED INTERVENED, THE DATES OF EACH PRACTICE AND THE MANNER OF THEIR PARTICIPATION.

THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE MAY ACCREDIT AS A LEGAL PRACTICE ANY OTHER PRACTICE COMPARABLE TO THE PREVIOUS ONES, CARRIED OUT BY THE APPLICANT AND NOT

UNDERSTOOD IN THE CASES REFERRED TO IN THIS PARAGRAPH (a);

(b) CERTIFICATION THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PERFORMED

TWO YEARS, AT LEAST, THE POSITION OF JUDGE OF PEACE; AND

c) CERTIFICATION ON WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS PERFORMED

TWO YEARS, AT LEAST, A SECRETARY JUDICIAL, THE POSITION OF AUXILIARY IN A COURT OR OTHER EMPLOYMENT HAVING CLOSE RELATION TO THE LEGAL PRACTICE.

THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE WILL DICTATE A REGULATION ON LEGAL PRACTICE. (7) (8)

(d) CERTIFICATION ISSUED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC, HAVING VERIFIED THE APPLICANT FOR TWO YEARS OF LEGAL PRACTICE. (9)

Art. 141. THE CHIEF OF THE PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATION SECTION SHALL FOLLOW SECRET INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONDUCT OF THE PERSON CONCERNED,

HAVING TO DECLARE AT LEAST THREE SUITABLE WITNESSES. IT MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THE DATA AND REPORTS IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

THE INFORMATION CONCLUDED, THE HEAD OF THE PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATION SECTION WILL GIVE THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE TO RESOLVE THE RELEVANT.

IF THE RESOLUTION IS FAVORABLE, THE COURT WILL AUTHORIZE THE INTERESTED PARTY TO EXERCISE

THE ATTORNEY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, PRIOR TO THE LAW PROTEST. IF THE DECISION IS UNFAVOURABLE, THE REQUESTED AUTHORISATION SHALL BE DECLARED WITHOUT PLACE AND THE PERSON CONCERNED MAY NOT REPEAT THE APPLICATION, BUT AFTER THE DEADLINE SPECIFIED BY THE COURT, THE

WHICH MAY NOT EXCEED THREE YEARS. (8)

Art. 142.-If the applicant, be Salvadoran or Central American, has acquired his title outside

of the country, he will present it duly authenticated, and will justify having been incorporated to the University of El Salvador, as well as his identity.

Otherwise, the prescribed provisions will be observed, without prejudice to what

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have the existing treaties and the Code of Civil Procedures available.

Art. 143.-Lawyers before beginning to practice law and prosecution, must protest before the President of the Court as follows:

" Do you promise under your word of honor to exercise faithfully and legally the profession of lawyer, not to knowingly favor any unjust cause and to separate you from those in which you have begun to

intervene, from the moment you know that she is unjust; not to advise or consent to be employed means tested by the law or the moral to make matters triumph; and to lead or represent the poor free of charge with all diligence ?

The interrogated will answer:

"Yes I promise".

Art. 144.-THE ATTORNEY IDENTIFICATION CARD IS ESTABLISHED, WHICH SHALL BE EXTENDED AND SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE AND SHALL CONTAIN: THE NUMBER OF

ORDER, THE NAME OF THE LAWYER, THE PLACE AND DATE OF HIS BIRTH, THE DATE OF THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL IN WHICH THE AGREEMENT THAT AUTHORIZES IT FOR THE EXERCISE OF THE LAW, THE PHOTOGRAPH AND THE SIGNATURE OF THE LAWYER APPEARS. THE CARD WILL BE EXTENDED FREE OF CHARGE

FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MUST BE RENEWED, ALSO FREE OF CHARGE, EVERY TEN YEARS, WITH PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE TIME BUT IN CASE OF REPLACEMENT OF THE SAME, THE INTERESTED PARTY WILL PAY TWENTY-FIVE COLONES IN TAX STAMPS WHICH WILL ADHERE TO THE ONE ISSUED

SUBJECT (9)

The Judges and Courts may require, if required, the presentation of the Card of

Identification as referred to in the preceding paragraph or the documents that the quality of the student in one of the Faculties of Case-Law and Social Sciences, to the persons who are involved in the character indicated in court cases.

The authorized lawyers must also have a rectangular seal that will bear the name of the lawyer in the center, preceded by the mention of his academic title, which may be abbreviated

and at the bottom the word "ATTORNEY", which you will put under your signature in the cases provided by the law. Such a stamp may be made in duplicate.

Both the firm and the seal of the lawyer will be registered with the Supreme Court Secretariat

of Justice that will carry a special book for this purpose.

The manufacturers of seals will not be able to do that of any lawyer, as long as they are not present

written authorization from the Secretary of the Supreme Court of Justice. Failure to comply with this provision will cause the offender to pay a fine of two hundred colones to be imposed on him by the Tribunal with knowledge of the case.

In case of replacement of the seal of attorney or notary by the loss of the General Secretary of the Court may authorize the manufacture of another, if any, prior to payment of the amount of ten colons.

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In cases of deterioration the lawyer or notary, when applying for the new seal, must deliver to

Court the previous one.

Art. 145.-AUTHORIZED LAWYERS MAY EXERCISE THE NOTARIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION,

BY AUTHORIZATION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, AFTER EXAMINATION OF SUFFICIENCY RENDERED BEFORE A COMMISSION OF ITS BREAST, WHICH SHALL BE CARRIED OUT ONCE A YEAR, PRIOR CONVOCATION, 90 DAYS IN ADVANCE. (33)

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPH, ALL LAWYERS MAY BE SUBJECT TO SUCH EXAMINATION, REGARDLESS OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED AS SUCH, OR IF THEY HAVE UNDERGONE SUCH A TEST WITH PRIOR TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MECHANISMS THAT

AGREES TO THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE. (35)

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OF THE TERRITORIAL DIVISION(11)

Art. 146.-THE TERRITORIAL DIVISION OF THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IS AS FOLLOWS: (10) (11)

DEPARTMENT OF SAN SALVADOR (10)

SAN SALVADOR (10)

JUDGED FIRST OF THE CIVIL

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED SECOND OF THE CIVIL

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED THIRD OF THE CIVIL

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED FOURTH OF THE CIVIL

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MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

FIFTH CIVIL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, ROSARIO DE MORA, PANCHIMALCO. (7) (11)

JUDGED FIRST OF THE MERCANTILE

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED SECOND OF THE MERCANTILE

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11 (12)

THIRD COURT OF MERCANTILE

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR AND ROSARIO DE MORA. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED FOURTH OF THE MERCANTILE

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR AND GUAZAPA. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED FIFTH OF THE MERCANTILE

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR AND PANCHIMALCO. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED FIRST OF THE JOB

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAN SALVADOR AND THOSE OF OLOCUILTA AND SAN FRANCISCO CHINAMECA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED SECOND OF THE JOB

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAN SALVADOR AND THOSE OF OLOCUILTA AND SAN FRANCISCO CHINAMECA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED THIRD OF THE JOB

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAN SALVADOR AND THOSE OF OLOCUILTA AND SAN FRANCISCO CHINAMECA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED FOURTH OF THE LABOR

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAN SALVADOR AND THOSE OF OLOCUILTA AND SAN

FRANCISCO CHINAMECA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE. (7) (10) (11)

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TENANT FIRST COURT(15)

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (10) (11) (15)

INQUIRING SECOND COURT(15)

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (10) (11) (15)

TRANSIT COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF SAN SALVADOR ' S DEPARTMENT. (1) (7) (10) (11)

TRANSIT COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE SAN DEPARTMENTS SALVADOR, CABANAS AND CHALATENANGO. (1) (7) (10) (11)

COURTHOUSE THIRD OF TRANSIT

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SAN SALVADOR AND SAN VICENTE. (7) (10) (11) (BY D.L. 685/2014 THE THIRD COURT OF SAN SALVADOR IS DELETED)

TRANSIT COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SAN SALVADOR, CUSCATLÁN AND LA

PAZ. (7) (10) (11) (BY D.L. 685/2014 IS DELETED FROM THE COURT OF SAN SALVADOR)

JUDGED FIRST OF FINANCES

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY. (10) (11)

SECOND COURT OF FINANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY. (10) (11)

MILITARY COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY. (10) (11)

MINOR TUTELAR (10) (11) REPEALED by (21)

MINOR SECOND TUTELARY COURT (10) (11) REPEALED by (21)

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CRIMINAL COURT FIRST

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

CRIMINAL SECOND COURT

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

CRIMINAL THIRD OF CRIMINAL

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

CRIMINAL COURT

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

FIFTH CRIMINAL COURT

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

SIXTH CRIMINAL COURT

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

SEVENTH CRIMINAL COURT

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

8TH CRIMINAL COURT

MUNICIPALITY: SAN SALVADOR. (7) (10) (11)

9TH CRIMINAL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR AND PANCHIMALCO. (11)

10TH CRIMINAL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR AND ROSARIO DE MORA. (11)

JUDGED FIRST OF FAMILY(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, MEXICO, CUSCATANCINGO, THIN AND AYUTUXTEPEQUE. (19) (24)

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FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, MEXICO, CUSCATANCINGO, DELGADO AND AYUTUXTEPEQUE. (19) (24)

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, MEXICO, CUSCATANCINGO, DELGADO AND AYUTUXTEPEQUE. (19) (24

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, MEJICANOS, CUSCATANCINGO, DELGADO Y AYUTUXTEPEQUE. (19) (24)

THE FOUR INDICATED FAMILY COURTS WILL KNOW ABOUT PREVENTION. (24)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, MEJICANOS, CUSCATANCNGO, GUAZAPA AND NEJAPA. (21) (25

LOWER COURT (21)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, DELGADO, AYUTUXTEPEQUE, TONACATEPEQUE AND EL PAISNAL. (21) (25)

JUDGED THIRD OF minors (21)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, APOPA Y AGUILARES. (21) (25)

COURTHOUSE OF MINORS (21)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, SANTO TOMAS, PANCHIMALCO, SANTIAGO TEXACUANGOS, ROSARIO DE MORA AND SAN MARCOS. (21) (25).

JUDGED FIRST TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES AT LEAST (23)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, MEJICANOS, CUSCATANCNGO, GUAZAPA, NEJAPA, DELGADO, AYUTUXTEPEQUE, TONACATEPEQUE, EL PAISNAL AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHALATENANGO. (23)

SECOND COURT OF EXECUTION OF MEASURES TO THE LEAST (23)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SALVADOR, SOYAPANGO, APOPA, AGUILARES, SAN MARCOS, ILOPANGO, SAN MARTÍN, SANTO TOMÁS, PANCHIMALCO, SANTIAGO TEXACUANGOS, ROSARIO DE MORA AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE FREEDOM. (23)

BEST (7) (9) (10)

JUDGED CIVIL

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MUNICIPALITIES: MEXICAN AND AYUTUXTEPEQUE. (7) (9) (10) (11)

CRIMINAL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: MEXICAN AND AYUTUXTEPEQUE. (7) (9) (10) (11)

DELGADO (7) (9) (10)

CIVIL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: DELGADO AND CUSCATANCINGO. (7) (9) (10) (11)

CRIMINAL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: DELGADO AND CUSCATANCINGO. (7) (9) (10) (11)

SOYAPANGO (7) (9) (10)

CIVIL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SOYAPANGO, ILOPANGO, AND SAN MARTÍN. (7) (9) (10) (11)

CRIMINAL COURT FIRST(11)

MUNICIPALITIES: SOYAPANGO AND ILOPANGO. (7) (9) (10) (11)

CRIMINAL SECOND COURT(11)

MUNICIPALITIES: SOYAPANGO AND SAN MARTÍN. (7) (9) (10) (11)

FAMILY COURT (24)

MUNICIPALITIES: SOYAPANGO, ILOPANGO AND SAN MARTÍN. (24)

JUVENILE COURT (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: SOYAPANGO, ILOPANGO AND SAN MARTÍN. (25)

SAN MARCOS (11)

CIVIL COURT(11)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MARCOS, SANTIAGO TEXACUANGOS, SANTO TOMAS, SAN FRANCISCO CHINAMECA,

OLOCUILTA AND CUYULTITAN. (11)

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CRIMINAL COURT(11)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MARCOS, SANTIAGO TEXACUANGOS, SANTO TOMAS, SAN FRANCISCO CHINAMECA,

OLOCUILTA Y CUYULTITAN. (11)

FAMILY COURT (24)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MARCOS, PANCHIMALCO, SANTO TOMAS, SANTIAGO TEXACUANGOS, ROSARIO DE MORA, OLOCUILTA AND CUYULTITAN. (24)

TONACATEPEQUE (7) (10)

FIRST INSTANCE JUDGED

MUNICIPALITIES: TONACATEPEQUE AND GUAZAPA. (7) 10) (11)

APOPA (11)

CIVIL COURT (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: APOPA AND NEJAPA. (11)

CRIMINAL COURT (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: APOPA AND NEJAPA. (11)

FAMILY COURT (24)

MUNICIPALITIES: APOPA, GUAZAPA, NEJAPA, EL PAISNAL, AGUILARES, AND TONACATEPEQUE. (24)

DEPARTMENT OF FREEDOM (10)

NEW SAN SALVADOR (10)

CIVIL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: NEW SAN SALVADOR, TEOTEPEQUE, COMASAGUA, TALNIQUE, JICALAPA, SAN JOSE VILLANUEVA, HUIZUCAR, NEW CUSCATLAN, FORMER CUSCATLÁN Y

COLON. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED OF THE LABOR

MUNICIPALITIES: NEW SAN SALVADOR, TEOTEPEQUE, COMASAGUA, TALNIQUE, JICALAPA, SAN JOSE VILLANUEVA, ZARAGOZA, HUIZUCAR, NEW CUSCATLAN, OLD CUSCATLAN AND

COLON.

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THIS COURT WILL KNOW IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER MATTERS THAT THIS LAW ASSIGNS TO YOU AND TO

PREVENTION WITH THE JUDGE OF THE CIVIL, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NUEVA SAN SALVADOR. (1) (7) (9) (10) (11)

TRAFFIC COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBERTY. (7) (10) (11) (BY D.L. 685/2014 THE COURTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBERTY ARE DELETED

JUDGED FIRST OF THE CRIMINAL

MUNICIPALITIES: NEW SAN SALVADOR, TEOTEPEQUE, COMASAGUA, TALNIQUE, JICALAPA AND COLON. (7) (10) (11)

CRIMINAL SECOND COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: NEW SAN SALVADOR, SAN JOSE VILLANUEVA, HUIZUCAR, OLD CUSCATLAN AND NEW CUSCATLAN. (7) (10) (11)

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT. (19)

CHILD FIRST COURT (21) (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: NEW SAN SALVADOR, NEW CUSCATLAN, FORMER CUSCATLAN, LA LIBERTAD, TEOTEPEQUE, SAN JOSE VILLANUEVA, COMASAGUA, CHILTIUPAN, TAMANIQUE,

ZARAGOZA, TALNIQUE, JICALAPA Y HUIZUCAR. (21) (25)

COURTHOUSE SECOND OF MINORS (21) (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: NEW SAN SALVADOR, QUEZALTEPEQUE, SAN JUAN OPICO, SAN MATIAS, COLÓN, SAN PABLO TACACHICO, CIUDAD ARCE, TEPECOYO, SACACOYO AND JAYAQUE. (21) (25)

LA FREEDOM (11)

FIRST INSTANCE COURT (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: LA LIBERTAD, CHILTIUPAN, TAMANIQUE Y ZARAGOZA. (11)

QUEZALTEPEQUE (10)

JUDGED DE LO CIVIL (10) (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: QUEZALTEPEQUE, EL PAISNAL Y AGUILARES. (10) (11)

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CRIMINAL COURT (10) (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: QUEZALTEPEQUE, EL PAISNAL Y AGUILARES. (10) (11)

SAN JUAN OPICO (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN JUAN OPICO, SAN MATIAS, SAN PABLO TACACHICO AND CIUDAD ARCE (10) (11)

DEPARTMENT OF CHALATENANGO (10)

CHALATENANGO (10)

FIRST INSTANCE JUDGED

MUNICIPALITIES: CHALATENANGO, CONCEPCIÓN QUEZALTEPEQUE, EYES OF WATER, THE TURNS, AZACUALPA, SAN FRANCISCO LEMPA, SAN LUIS DEL CARMEN, SAN MIGUEL DE MERCEDES, SAN ANTONIO LOS RANCHOS, SAN ANTONIO DE LA CRUZ, SAN ISIDRO

LABRADOR, NEW TRINIDAD, CANCASQUE, POTONIC, SAN JOSÉ LAS FLORES, ARCATAÓ AND THE NAME OF JESUS. (10) (11)

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT. (19)

JUVENILE COURT (21)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL THOSE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHALATENANGO. (21) (25)

TEJUTLA (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: TEJUTLA, LA PALMA, NEW CONCEPTION, SAN IGNACIO, HOT WATER, THE QUEEN,

CITALA AND PARADISE. (10) (11)

SWEET NAME OF MARY (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: SWEET NAME OF MARIA, SAN RAFAEL, SANTA RITA, SAN FRANCISCO MORAZÁN, SAN FERNANDO, EL CARRIZAL, LA LAGUNA AND COMALAPA. (10) (11)

CUSCATLAN DEPARTMENT (10)

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COJUTEPEQUE (10)

CIVIL COURT (10) (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: COJUTEPEQUE, SAN PEDRO PERULAPAN, SANTA CRUZ MICHAPA, MONTE SAN JUAN, CANDELARIA, SANTA CRUZ ANALKYLTO, SAN BARTOLOMÉ PERULAPIA, SAN EMIGDIO, PARAISO DE OSORIO, SAN RAMÓN, SAN RAFAEL CEDROS, TENANCINGO, EL ROSARIO,

EL CARMEN Y SAN CRISTOBAL. (10) (11)

CRIMINAL COURT FIRST (10) (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: COJUTEPEQUE, SAN PEDRO PERULAPAN, SANTA CRUZ MICHAPA, MONTE SAN JUAN, CANDELARIA, SANTA CRUZ ANALQUITO, SAN BARTOLOME PERULAPIA, SAN EMIGDIO Y PARAISO DE OSORIO. (10) (11)

JUDGED SECOND OF THE CRIMINAL (10) (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: COJUTEPEQUE, SAN RAMÓN, SAN RAFAEL CEDROS, TENANCINGO, EL ROSARIO, EL CARMEN AND SAN CRISTOBAL. (10) (11)

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THOSE OF SAN EMIGDIO AND PARADISE OF OSORIO.

(19) (24)

JUVENILE COURT (21)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CUSCATLAN. (21) (25)

SUCHITOTO (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: SUCHITOTO, SAN JOSÉ GUAYABAL AND CONCEPTION ORATORIO. (10) (11)

DEPARTMENT OF CABINS (10)

SENSUNTEPEQUE (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: SENSUNTEPEQUE, VICTORIA, SAN ISIDRO, DOLORES AND GUACOTECA. (10) (11)

FAMILY COURT(19)

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MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT. (19)

JUVENILE COURT (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE CABINS DEPARTMENT. (25)

ILOBASCO (10)

FIRST INSTANCE COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: ILOBASCO, JUTIAPA, TEUTEPÉQUE Y CINQUERA. (10) (11)

SAN VICENTE DEPARTMENT (10)

SAN VICENTE (10)

CIVIL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN VICENTE, GUADALUPE, TEPETITAN, APPASTEPEQUE, VERAPAZ, TECOLUCA, SAN

CAYETANO ISTEPEQUE, SANTA CLARA AND SAN ILDEFONSO. (10) (11)

TRIED FIRST OF THE CRIMINAL

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN VICENTE, TECOLUCA, TEPETITAN, VERAPAZ AND GUADALUPE. (10) (11)

CRIMINAL SECOND COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN VICENTE, APASTEPÉQUE, SAN CAYETANO ISTEPEQUE, SANTA CLARA AND SAN

ILDEFONSO. (10) (11)

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL IN THE DEPARTMENT. (19)

JUVENILE COURT (21)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAN VICENTE. (21) (25)

TRIAL OF EXECUTION OF MEASURES TO THE CHILD (23)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF CUSCATLAN, CABANAS, SAINT VINCENT AND PEACE. (23)

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SAN SEBASTIAN (10)

FIRST INSTANCE COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN SEBASTIAN, SANTO DOMINGO, SAN ESTEBAN AND SAN LORENZO. (10) (11)

DEPARTMENT OF PEACE (10)

ZACATECOLUCA (7) (10)

CIVIL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: ZACATECOLUCA, SAN JUAN NONUALCO, SAN RAFAEL OBRAJUELO, SANTIAGO NONUALCO, JERUSALEM, EL ROSARIO, SAN PEDRO NONUALCO, SANTA MARIA OSTUMA, MERCEDES

LA CEIBA, SAN LUIS, SAN LUIS LA HERRADURA AND SAN JUAN TALPA. (7) (10) (11)

JUDGED FIRST OF THE CRIMINAL

MUNICIPALITIES: ZACATECOLUCA, SAN JUAN NONUALCO, SAN RAFAEL OBRAJUELO, JERUSALEM, EL ROSARIO AND SAN LUIS LA HERRADURA. (7) (10) (11)

CRIMINAL SECOND COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: ZACATECOLUCA, SAN PEDRO NONUALCO, SANTA MARIA OSTUMA, MERCEDES LA CEIBA, SANTIAGO NONUALCO, SAN LUIS AND SAN JUAN TALPA. (7) (10) (11)

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT EXCEPT OLOCUILTA AND CUYULTITAN. (19) (24)

JUVENILE COURT (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE. (25)

SAN PEDRO MASAHUAT (7) (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN PEDRO MASAHUAT, SAN ANTONIO MASAHUAT, SAN MIGUEL TEPEZONTES, SAN

JUAN TEPEZONTES AND TAPALHUACA. (7) (10) (11)

DEPARTMENT OF SAN MIGUEL (10)

SAN MIGUEL (10)

JUDGED FIRST OF THE CIVIL (12)

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MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MIGUEL, COMACARAN, ULUAZAPA, QUELEPA AND CHIRILAGUA. (10) (11) (12)

CIVIL COURT (12)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MIGUEL, MONCAGUA, CHAPELTIQUE AND SESORI. (10) (11) (12)

LABOR COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MIGUEL, COMACARAN, ULUAZAPA, QUELEPA, CHIRILAGUA, MONCAGUA, CHAPELTIQUE And SESORI.

THIS COURT WILL ALSO KNOW OF THE OTHER MATTERS THAT THIS LAW ASSIGNS TO YOU. (7) (9) (10) (11) (12)

COURT OF TRANSIT (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: THOSE OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SAN MIGUEL, USULUTAN, MORAZAN AND LA

UNION. (10) (11) (12)

TRANSIT COURT (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: THOSE OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SAN MIGUEL, USULUTAN, MORAZAN, AND THE UNION. (10) (11) (12)

(BY D.L. 685/2014 DELETED THE SECOND COURT OF SAN MIGUEL)

CHILD TUTORING (11) (12) REPEALED by (21)

CRIMINAL COURT FIRST

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MIGUEL, ULUAZAPA, QUELEPA AND CHIRILAGUA. (10) (11) (12)

CRIMINAL SECOND COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MIGUEL, MONCAGUA AND CHAPELTIQUE. (10) (11) (12)

JUDGED THIRD OF THE CRIMINAL (12)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MIGUEL, COMACARAN AND SESORI. (12)

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MIGUEL, CIUDAD BARRIOS, MONCAGUA, ULUAZAPA, CHAPELTIQUE, CHIRILAGUA, QUELEPA, COMACARAN, CHINAMECA, NEW GUADALUPE AND SAN RAFAEL. (19)

FAMILY COURT(19)

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MUNICIPALITIES: SAN MIGUEL, EL TRANSIT, LOLOTIQUE, SAN JORGE, SESORI, SAN LUIS DE LA REINA, CAROLINA, NEW EDEN OF SAN JUAN, SAN GERARDO AND SAN ANTONIO. (19)

JUVENILE COURT (21) (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SAN MIGUEL. (21) (25)

TRIAL OF EXECUTION OF MEASURES AT LEAST (23)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SAN MIGUEL, USULUTAN, THE UNION AND

MORAZAN. (23)

CHINAMECA (10)

FIRST INSTANCE COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: CHINAMECA, NEW GUADALUPE, LOLOTIQUE, SAN RAFAEL ORIENTE, SAN JORGE AND TRANSIT. (10) (11)

NEIGHBORHOODS CITY (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: CITY NEIGHBORHOODS, NEW EDEN OF SAN JUAN, SAN GERARDO, SAN LUIS DE LA REINA, CAROLINA AND SAN ANTONIO. (10) (11)

DEPARTMENT OF MORAZAN (10)

SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA(10) (11)

FIRST INSTANCE JUDGED

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA, SOCIEDAD, JOCORO, SAN CARLOS, YAMABAL, GUATAJIAGUA, SENSORA, CHILANGA, LOLOTIQUILLO AND THE DIVIDERO. (10) (11)

SECOND COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA, OSICALA, YOLOAQUIN, CACAOPERA, CORINTO, GUALOCOCTI,

SAN SIMON, SAN ISIDRO, EL ROSARIO, MEANGUERA, JOATECA, ARAMBALA, PERQUIN, SAN FERNANDO, JOCOAITIQUE, TOROLA AND DELIGHTS OF CONCEPTION. (10) (11).

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL IN THE DEPARTMENT. (19)

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JUVENILE COURT (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MORAZAN. (25)

USULUTAN DEPARTMENT (10)

USULUTAN (10)

CIVIL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: USULUTAN, SANTA ELENA, OZATLÁN, SAN DIONISIO, EREGUAYQUIN, CONCEPCIÓN

BATRES, SANTA MARIA AND JUCUARAN. (7) (10) (11)

CRIMINAL COURT FIRST

MUNICIPALITIES: USULUTAN, SANTA ELENA, OZATLÁN AND EREGUAYQUIN. (10) (11) (12)

CRIMINAL SECOND COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: USULUTAN, SANTA MARIA, JUCUARAN, SAN DIONISIO Y CONCEPCIÓN

BATRES. (7) (10) (11) (12)

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT. (19)

CHILDREN ' S COURT (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE USULUTAN DEPARTMENT. (25)

SANTIAGO DE MARIA (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTIAGO DE MARIA, ALEGRÍA, TECAPAN Y CALIFORNIA. (10) (11)

BERLIN (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: BERLIN AND MERCEDES UMANA. (7) (10) (11)

JUCUAPA (10)

FIRST INSTANCE COURT

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MUNICIPALITIES: JUCUAPA, SAN BUENAVENTURA, EL TRIOMPHE, ESTANZUELAS AND NEW GRANADA. (10) (11)

JIQUILISCO (10)

FIRST INSTANCE JUDGED

MUNCIPIOS: JIQUILISCO, SAN AGUSTIN, SAN FRANCISCO JAVIER, AND PUERTO EL TRUMP. (7) (10) (11)

UNION DEPARTMENT (10)

THE UNION

CIVIL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: THE UNION, SAN ALEJO, CONCHAGUA, INTIMUCA, EL CARMEN, YAYANTIQUE, YUCUAIQUIN, BOLÍVAR, SAN JOSÉ Y MEANGUERA DEL GULF. (10) (11)

JUDGED FIRST OF THE PENAL (10) (11

MUNICIPALITIES: LA UNION, SAN ALEJO, INTIMUCA, EL CARMEN, YUCUAIQUIN AND BOLIVAR. (10) (11)

CRIMINAL SECOND COURT (10) (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: THE UNION, CONCHAGUA, YAYANTIQUE, SAN JOSE AND MEANGUERA DEL GULF. (10) (11)

FAMILY COURT (19)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT. (19)

JUVENILE COURT (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE UNION DEPARTMENT. (25)

SANTA ROSA DE LIMA (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ROSA DE LIMA, CONCEPTION OF ORIENTE, NUEVA ESPARTA, ANAMOROS, EL SAUCE, PASAQUINA, POLANDOS Y LISLIQUE. (10) (11)

DEPARTMENT OF SANTA ANA (9) (10)

SANTA ANA (10)

JUDGED FIRST OF THE CIVIL

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MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, CONGO AND SANTIAGO DE LA FRONTERA. (10) (11)

JUDGED SECOND OF THE CIVIL

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, TEXISTEPEQUE AND CANDELARIA DE LA FRONTERA. (10) (11)

JUDGED THIRD OF THE CIVIL

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, COATEPEQUE AND SAN ANTONIO PAJONAL. (9) (10) (11)

LABOR COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, EL CONGO, COATEPEQUE, TEXISTEPEQUE, SANTIAGO DE LA FRONTERA, CANDELARIA DE LA FRONTERA, AND SAN ANTONIO PAJONAL.

THIS COURT WILL KNOW IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER MATTERS THAT THIS LAW ASSIGNS TO YOU. (10) (11)

COURT OF TRANSIT

MUNICIPALITIES: THOSE OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SANTA ANA AND AHUACHAPAN. (10) (11)

TUTELARY COURT OF MINORS (11) REPEALED by (21)

CRIMINAL COURT FIRST

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, COATEPEQUE AND SANTIAGO DE LA FRONTERA. (10) (11)

CRIMINAL SECOND COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, CANDELARIA DE LA FRONTERA, AND SAN ANTONIO PAJONAL. (10) (11)

JUDGED THIRD OF THE CRIMINAL(11)

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, EL CONGO AND TEXISTEPEQUE. (11)

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, COATEPEQUE, TEXISTEPEQUE, EL CONGO, CHALCHUAPA, CANDELARIA DE

THE BORDER AND SAN SEBASTIÁN SALITRILLO. (19)

FAMILY SECOND COURT (19)

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, EL FUTURE, METAPAN, SANTIAGO DE LA FRONTERA, MASAHUAT, SANTA

ROSA GUACHIPILIN AND SAN ANTONIO PAJONAL. (19)

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JUVENILE COURT (21) (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, SANTIAGO DE LA FRONTERA, CHALCHUAPA, SAN SEBASTIÁN SALITRILLO,

CANDELARIA DE LA FRONTERA, SAN ANTONIO PAJONAL Y EL VENIR. (21) (25)

JUDGED SECOND OF MINORS (21) (25)

MUNICIPALITIES: SANTA ANA, EL CONGO, COATEPEQUE, TEXISTEPÉQUE, METAPAN, MASAHUAT, SANTA ROSA GUACHIPILIN. (21) (25)

COURT OF EXECUTION OF MEASURES TO THE LESS (23)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SANTA ANA, AHUACHAPAN AND SONSONATE. (23)

CHALCHUAPA (10)

COURTHOUSE OF THE CIVIL(10) (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: CHALCHUAPA, SAN SEBASTIAN SALITRILLO AND THE FUTURE. (10) (11)

CRIMINAL COURT (10) (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: CHALCHUAPA, SAN SEBASTIÁN SALITRILLO AND THE FUTURE. (10) (11)

METAAPAN (10)

JUDGED OF THE CIVIL (10) (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: METAPAN, MASAHUAT AND SANTA ROSA GUACHIPILIN. (10) (11)

CRIMINAL COURT (10) (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: METAPAN, MASAHUAT AND SANTA ROSA GUACHIPILIN. (10) (11)

DEPARTMENT OF AHUACHAPAN (10)

AHUACHAPAN (10)

CIVIL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: AHUACHAPAN, APANECA, CONCEPTION OF ATTACKED, TACUBA, GUAYMANGO, SAN PEDRO

PUXTLA, SAN FRANCISCO MENENDEZ AND JUJUTLA. (7) (10) (11)

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CRIMINAL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: AHUACHAPAN, APANECA, CONCEPTION OF ATTACK, TACUBA, GUAYMANGO, SAN PEDRO PUXTLA, SAN FRANCISCO MENENDEZ AND JUJUTLA. (7) (10) (11)

FAMILY COURT (19)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT. (19)

JUVENILE COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AHUACHAPAN. (25)

ATIQUIZAYA (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: ATIQUIZAYA, EL REFUGE, SAN LORENZO Y TURIN. (10) (11)

SONSONATE DEPARTMENT (10)

SONSONATE (10)

CIVIL COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SONSONATE, SANTO DOMINGO DE GUZMAN, SONZACATE, NAHUIZALCO, NAHULINGO, SAN ANTONIO DEL MONTE, JUAYUA, SALCOATITAN AND SANTA CATARINA MASAHUAT. (7) (10) (11) (12)

LABOR COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE SONSONATE DEPARTMENT.

THIS COURT WILL ALSO KNOW IN CIVIL MATTERS, IN PREVENTION WITH THE JUDGE OF THE CIVIL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SONSONATE AND OF THE MATTERS THAT THIS LAW ASSIGNS TO IT. (9) (10) (11)

COURT OF TRANSIT

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE SONSONATE DEPARTMENT. (10) (11) (BY D.L. 685/2014 SONSONATE COURT IS DELETED)

TRIED FIRST OF THE CRIMINAL

MUNICIPALITIES: SONSONATE, SALCOATITAN, JUAYÚA, SANTO DOMINGO DE GUZMAN, SANTA CATARINA MASAHUAT, NAHULINGO, AND SAN ANTONIO DEL MONTE. (10) (11)

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CRIMINAL SECOND COURT

MUNICIPALITIES: SONSONATE, SONZACATE AND NAHUIZALCO. (7) (11)

FAMILY COURT(19)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT. (19)

JUVENILE COURT (21)

MUNICIPALITIES: ALL OF THE SONSONATE DEPARTMENT. (21) (25)

IZALCO (11)

FIRST INSTANCE COURT (11)

MUNICIPALITIES: IZALCO, CALUCO AND SAN JULIAN. (11)

ARMENIA (10)

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MUNICIPALITIES: ARMENIA, ISHUATAN, CUISNAHUAT, JAYAQUE, TEPECOYO AND SACACOYO. (10) (11)

ACAJUTLA (10)

FIRST INSTANCE COURT

MUNICIPALITY: ACAJUTLA. (7) (10) (11)

TITLE XII

ONLY CHAPTER

General Provisions

Art. 147.-The formula of the protest of the judicial officers will be as follows:

" Do you protest under your word of honor to be faithful to the Republic, to comply with and enforce the Constitution, in accordance with its text whatever the laws, decrees, orders or resolutions that the contrarien? "

Yes, I protest.

" Do you further promote the exact fulfillment of the duties imposed on you by ............

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which has been conferred on you? ".

Yes, I promise."

Art. 148.-The faculties of the magistrates or Judges in visit will be limited to inspect the prisons, for the purposes indicated in the corresponding provision of the Penal Code, and must put on record the result of the visit in a book he or the visiting officers, the Chief

of the visited Office or Establishment and their respective secretaries, and in the courts to inspect the file and pending trials; to dictate the providences they deem necessary to correct abuses and to give the Supreme Court of Justice the actions that they can constitute faults or offenses.

Art. 149.-The Offices of the Courts may not be occupied for meetings or other acts extraneous to the administration of justice, which affect the seriousness and decorum of the Judicial Organ.

Art. 150.-REPEALED (9)

Art. 151.-REPEALED (9)

Art. 152.-REPEALED (9)

Art. 153.-THE JUDGES OF THE TREASURY, OF THE CIVIL, OF THE COMMERCIAL, OF THE CRIMINAL, OF INQUILINATO, TUTELARS OF MINORS AND OF PEACE, AND IN ANY OTHER CASE IN WHICH THERE IS MORE THAN ONE, WITH SEAT IN THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR, WHEN FOR THE REASON OF THE TERRITORY

HAVE TO KNOW PREVENTION, CREATE AS A DEPENDENCY OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE A RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTING SECRETARIAT OF DEMANDS AND INITIAL REQUESTS OF DILIGENCE THAT ARE PRESENTED IN WRITING. SUCH A DEPENDENCY WILL WORK IN THE CENTER

JUDICIAL "ISIDRO MENENDEZ" AND WILL BE IN CHARGE OF A DISTRIBUTOR SECRETARY. THE SECRETARY SHALL FILL THE SAME REQUIREMENTS AS ARE REQUIRED TO BE A JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE AND SHALL BE THE SOLE COMPETENT TO RECEIVE AND ORDER THE DISTRIBUTION AMONG THE JUDGES

MENTIONED OF THE RESPECTIVE CLAIMS AND REQUESTS. IF THE CLAIMS OR REQUESTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED TO A JUDGE OTHER THAN THE ONE TO WHOM THE SECRETARY-DISTRIBUTOR SHALL BE SENT, IT SHALL BE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE LATTER HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND FILED. (7) (9)

(18)

SHALL BE DATED FILING OF THE APPLICATION OR APPLICATION, WHICH APPEARS IN THE REASON OF THE FILING OF THE FILING, SIGN AND SEAL THE DISTRIBUTOR SECRETARY. (7) (9)

THE DISTRIBUTION MUST BE MADE BY THE OFFICIAL IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK OF THE EXPRESSED COURTS. (7) (9)

Art. 153-BIS-CREANSE IN EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF SANTA ANA AND SAN MIGUEL A RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTION SECRETARIAT OF DEMANDS, WITH THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS

ESTABLISHED IN THE ART. 153 OF THE JUDICIAL ORGANIC LAW. BOTH SECRETARIES WILL HAVE THEIR SEAT IN THE CORRESPONDING DEPARTMENTAL HEADERS. (30)

Art. 154.-To seal the court documents a three-centimeter diameter seal will be used

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to be contained in the Center of the Arms Shield of the Republic, and in the circumference The name of the

Court or corresponding Secretariat.

The Supreme Court of Justice may also use a dry, circular seal that will be stamped on important documents, either directly or on a paper disc. gold, which will penalize two ribbons with the colors of the National Pavilion in the order in which this presents them, which

will adhere to the document.

Art. 155.-The fines which under this law are imposed shall be paid in the respective Office within three days of the request, and if they are not required by the

the Court which has tax; and if the fine has been imposed by the Court or a Chamber, they will commission the respective Judge to make it effective.

Art. 156.-When any person has to enter or deposit money or securities in any of the Courts or Courts of the country, the Court or Court in question must give him an order specifying the name of the depositor or the person, the reason for the delivery, judgment or file,

number and year and other data that may serve for identification, so that such money or securities are deposited with the General Administration of Treasury if it is a department of San Salvador, and in the respective Rentas ' Administration, if the deposits are to be ordered Courts of other

departments, or in any correspondent of the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador.

However, the securities that may be remesited to the General Directorate of Treasury

or to the Groping administrations, only those that are constituted by certified checks, bonds, shares or other similar documents whose protection can be guaranteed by those tax offices.

The order they issue The Court of Justice of the Court of Justice of the European Court of Justice cash, which will be credited to the Account "Fund Ajens in

Custody", by the Director General of Treasury.

In the Departmental Income Administrations, for the purposes of such deposits, will be opened

special account under the heading of "Judicial Deposits", and in view of the order of deposit of the courts of their respective departmental jurisdiction, the Managers of Rentas will make the remittances from these funds to the Agency or correspond Central Reserve Bank or other Bank if the Bank does not have a correspondent at the place.

Art. 157.-When the money or securities found in deposit or consignment must be returned to the enterants or given to the persons who prove their right to them, such return or

delivery shall be made by order of the Judge or Court issue to the Director General of Treasury or the Departmental Revenue Manager as appropriate, which will contain the same data as the deposit made.

Judges and Courts are prohibited from having in their possession or in accounts on behalf of the court, the court, the court or its own name, money or securities which are deposited or entered in any process,

and the violation of these provisions will subject the culprit to a fine of up to five hundred colones

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to be imposed by the Supreme Court of Justice upon having knowledge of the fact, without prejudice to be removed

from his position in the judgment of the expressed Tribunal and of the corresponding civil and criminal liability.

Art. 158.-The provisions of the two previous articles will also be observed in criminal trials,

as applicable.

Art. 159.-The employees of the Judicial Branch are exempt from charges and military service,

militia and subsequent exercises, and this exemption must be stated in the respective carnet.

Art. 160.-In cases of loss or loss of all kinds of processes, it will be applied to resolve issues arising as a result of loss or loss, the rules contained in the Decree

Legislative of 21 April 1890,

for the purposes of the reimposition of instruments, judgments and judgments,

will have the same value as the originals, the copies that work in the archives of the offices of the courts in which they are located.

Art. 160. -A.-EVERY PERSON-ESPECIALLY THE PARTIES, THEIR PROCURATORS OR LAWYERS-IS OBLIGED TO RESPECT THE JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES, REFRAINING FROM OFFENDING THEM BY WORD OR DEED. UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN ACT OF DISRESPECT OF THAT CLASS, WITHIN THE COURT

OR OUTSIDE IT, THE OFFENDING JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE MAY, AS THE CASE MAY BE, SEND THE OFFENDER TO THE COURT, CERTIFY OR OFFICIATE A JUDGE FROM THE CRIMINAL COURT, IT HAPPENED SO THAT HE, IF APPROPRIATE, INSTRUCT THE INFORMATION OF LAW, AND WILL GIVE

ACCOUNT THE JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE OFFENDED TO THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, SO THAT IT ORDERS THE INSTRUCTION OF THE RESPECTIVE FILE, PRIOR TO THE SUSPENSION OR DISABLE POSSIBLE. (7)

Art. 160-B.-THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE WILL DETERMINE THE COURTS OF JUSTICE THAT WILL USE TELEFACSIMILE OR OTHER TECHNICAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, MARKER WATCHES

OR CONTROL OF HOURS OF FILING OF PETITIONS.

DOCUMENTS TRANSMITTED OR MARKED IN THAT WAY SHALL HAVE THE VALUE OF

AUTHENTIC WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF APPEARING IN THE JUDGMENTS OR PROCEEDINGS IN QUESTION, BACKED BY THE SIGNATURE OF THE JUDGE OR THE RECEIVING SECRETARY, RESPECTIVELY. (7)

Art. 160-C.-THERE WILL BE THREE DEPARTMENTS OR DEPARTMENTS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF

JUSTICE, WHICH WILL BE IN CHARGE: THE FIRST, THE INFORMATION OF PERSONS DETAINED BY ANY AUTHORITY; THE SECOND, THE CONTROL OF COMPLIANCE WITH CRIMINAL SENTENCES; AND THE THIRD, OF THE SEIZURES THAT ARE MADE AND SURETIES TO BE HELD IN ALL

COURTS OF THE REPUBLIC.

THERE WILL BE ALSO ITINERANT LEGAL COLLABORATORS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR

TO COLLABORATE IN THE WORK EXPEDITION OF THE SECOND-INSTANCE CHAMBERS AND COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE.

RULES REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF SUCH DEPENDENCIES

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WILL BE ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE. (7)

Art. 160-CH.-THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE WILL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE UNIT OF ADMINISTRATION IN CHARGE OF A SPECIALIST IN THIS FIELD.

THEY WILL BE PART OF THE EXECUTIVE UNIT OF THIS COURT, THE FINANCE, ENGINEERING, HUMAN RESOURCES, ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE SECTIONS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A SECTION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND THE COLLECTION OF LAWS, REGULATIONS AND JURISPRUDENTIAL DOCTRINE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE AND SECOND-INSTANCE CHAMBERS, WHICH WILL DEPEND ON THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE. (7)

Art. 160-D.-FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE WITH ORDINARY OR SPECIAL JURISDICTIONS AND OF SECOND INSTANCE MAGISTRATES, THE SUPREME COURT OF

JUSTICE SHALL CHOOSE AMONG THE CANDIDATES TO BE PROPOSED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE JUDICIARY. (7)

Art. 160-E. -REPEALED (7) (9)

Art. 160-F.-REPEALED. (7) (9)

Art. 160-G.-TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS AND THEIR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, WHICH TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE JUDICIAL ORGAN, THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE WILL CONVENE EVERY YEAR,

TO THE MAGISTRATES OF SECOND INSTANCE AND THE JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE REPUBLIC TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATION OF JUDICIAL CONVENTIONS OF A NATIONAL OR REGIONAL NATURE, WHICH WILL ORDINARILY MEET IN THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER AND JULY

OF EACH YEAR RESPECTIVELY IN EXTRAORDINARY FORM WHEN THEY ARE CALLED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE. (7)

TITLE XIII

ONLY CHAPTER

Transitional Provisions

Art. 161.-Persons who, upon entry into force of this law, are authorized to exercise the functions of a public officer of Judge Executor, shall obtain new authorization within the following year

for that validity, as prescribed in Chapter IX of Title IV.

Art. 162.-Those who enter into force this law are in charge of

Notifiers, Notifiers and Notifying Secretaries, shall obtain the authorization to exercise such charges within the year following the indicated date.

Art. 163.-The Supreme Court of Justice and the Amparos Chamber of the same, shall, through their respective Secretaries, deliver under inventory to the Constitutional Chamber the processes of unconstitutionality, amparo and exhibition of the person who They are processing.

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The Courts whose jurisdiction will be affected by this law will also deliver by inventory

pending or phenated issues that correspond to another jurisdiction.

Art. 164.-Repealed: The Organic Law of the Judiciary, decreed on September 2

of a thousand nine hundred and fifty-three and its reforms; the Law of Creation of the Courts of Labor, decreed on the twenty-second of December of a thousand nine hundred and sixty other provisions that oppose this law.

Art. 165.-This Decree will enter into force eight days after its publication in the Official Journal.

GIVEN IN THE BLUE HALL OF THE LEGISLATIVE PALACE: San Salvador, six days of the month of June of a thousand nine hundred and eighty-four.

Maria Julia Castillo Rodas, President.

Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes, Hugo Roberto Carrillo Corleto, Vice President. Vice President.

Carlos Arnulfo Crespo, Guillermo Antonio Guevara Lacayo, Secretary. Secretary.

José Napoleon Bonilla h., Alfonso Aristides Alvarenga, Secretary. Secretary.

Rafael Moran Castañeda, Rafael Soto Alvarenga, Secretary. Secretary.

CASA PRESIDENTIAL: San Salvador, 12 days of the month of June, thousand nine hundred and eighty

and four.

PUBLISH, JOSÉ NAPOLEON DUARTE,

President of the Republic.

Manuel Francisco Cardona Herrera, Minister of Justice.

D. O. No. 115 Took Nº 283 Date: June 20, 1984.

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REFORMS:

(1) D.L. Nº 317, 13 MARCH 1986; D.O. Nº 55, T. 290, 21 DE MARCH 1986.

(2) D.L. Nº 345, 16 MAY 1986; D.O. NO 91, T. 291, 21 MAY 1986.

REPEALED BY: D.L. Nº 638, APRIL 10, 1987; D.O. NO 70, T. 295, APRIL 10, 1987.

(3) D.L. Nº 400, 26 JUNE 1986; D.O. NO 121, T. 292, 2 JULY 1986.

(4) D.L. Nº 457, SEPTEMBER 4, 1986; D.O. NO. 168, T. 292, SEPTEMBER 11, 1986.

(5) D.L. Nº 638, 10 APRIL 1987; D.O. NO 70, T. 295, 10 APRIL 1987.

(6) D.L. Nº 250, 19 MAY 1989; D.O. NO 96, T. 303, 26 MAY 1989.

(7) D.L. Nº 317, AUGUST 31, 1989;(PARTIAL REPEAL) D.O. NO 195, T. 305, OCTOBER 23, 1989.

(8) D.L. Nº 556, 16 AUGUST 1990; D.O. NO. 203, T. 308, AUGUST 22, 1990.

(9) D.L. Nº 594, OCTOBER 11, 1990;(PARTIAL REPEAL) D.O. NO 240, T. 309, OCTOBER 15, 1990.

(10) D.L. Nº 641, NOVEMBER 29, 1990; D.O. NO. 286, T. 309, DECEMBER 20, 1990.

(11) D.L. NO. 87, 17 OCTOBER 1991;

D.O. NO 209, T. 313, NOVEMBER 8, 1991.

(12) D.L. Nº 387, NOVEMBER 26, 1992; (PARTIAL REPEAL)

D.O. NO 230, T. 317, DECEMBER 14, 1992.

(13) D.L. Nº 540, 20 MAY 1993;

D.O. NO 107, T. 319, JUNE 8, 1993.

(14) D.L. Nº 574, 16 JUNE 1993;

D.O. NO 129, T. 320, JULY 9, 1993.

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(15) D.L. Nº 763, JANUARY 5, 1994;

D.O. NO 22, T. 322, FEBRUARY 1, 1994.

(16) D.L. Nº 854, 14 APRIL 1994;

D.O. NO 93, T. 323, 20 MAY 1994.

(17) D.L. Nº 40, JUNE 30, 1994;

D.O. NO 122, T. 324, JULY 1, 1994.

(18) D.L. NO. 90, JULY 21, 1994; D.O. NO. 152, T. 324, AUGUST 19, 1994.

(19) D.L. Nº 134, SEPTEMBER 14, 1994; D.O. NO. 173, T. 324, SEPTEMBER 20, 1994.

(20) D.L. NO 229, DECEMBER 21, 1994; (PARTIAL REPEAL) D.O. NO 239, T. 325, DECEMBER 23, 1994.

(21) D.L. Nº 273, FEBRUARY 16, 1995; D.O. NO 35, T. 326, FEBRUARY 20, 1995.

(22) D.L. Nº 291, MARCH 9, 1995; D.O. Nº 63, T. 326, MARCH 30, 1995.

(23) D.L. Nº 363, 7 JUNE 1995; D.O. NO 114, T. 327, 21 JUNE 1995.

(24) D.L. Nº 729, 13 JUNE 1996; D.O. Nº 115, T. 331, 21 JUNE 1996.

(25) D.L. NO 803, SEPTEMBER 11, 1996; D.O. NO. 176, T. 332, SEPTEMBER 20, 1996.

(26) D.L. Nº 258, MARCH 23, 1998; D.O. NO. 62, T. 338, MARCH 31, 1998.

(27) D.L. Nº 259, MARCH 23, 1998; D.O. NO. 62, T. 338, MARCH 31, 1998.

(28) D.L. Nº 896, 27 APRIL 2000; D.O. NO 95, T. 347, 24 MAY 2000.

(29) D.L. Nº 774, AUGUST 10, 2005; D.O. NO. 160, T. 368, AUGUST 31, 2005.

(30) D.L. No. 372, OF MAY 27, 2010;

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D.O. Nº 100, T. 387, MAY 31, 2010.

PARTIAL REPEAL: D.L. No. 892, DECEMBER 12, 2014, D.O. No. 240, T. 405, DECEMBER 23, 2014.

(31) D.L. No. 531, DECEMBER 2, 2010; D.O. No. 240, T. 389, DECEMBER 22, 2010.

(32) D.L. No. 743, 2 JUNE 2011; D.O. No. 102, T. 391, JUNE 2, 2011. REPEALED BY:

D.L. No. 798, JULY 27, 2011; D.O. No. 152, T. 392, AUGUST 18, 2011.

(33) D.L. No. 744, 9 JUNE 2011; D.O. No. 122, T. 391, JUNE 30, 2011.

(34) D.L. No. 798, JULY 27, 2011; D.O. NO. 152, T. 392, AUGUST 18, 2011.

(35) D.L. No. 1033, MARCH 29, 2012; D.O. No. 68, T. 395, APRIL 16, 2012.

(36) D.L. No. 685, MAY 22, 2014. D.O. No. 105, T. 403, JUNE 9, 2014.

(37) D.L. No. 173, NOVEMBER 12, 2015. D.O. No. 217, T. 409, NOVEMBER 25, 2015.

PARTIAL REPEAL:

D.L. Nº 620, FEBRUARY 1, 1996; (Art.126) D.O. NO 40, T. 330, FEBRUARY 27, 1996.

D.L. Nº 56, JUNE 30, 2009; (Art.11, Inc. 2º) D.O. NO 121, T. 384, JULY 1, 2009.

TRANSIENT DISPOSITION:

-TRANSIENT DISPOSITION THAT ALLOWS TO ADDRESS ANY OBSTACLES TO BIAS AND ADOPT SUPREME COURT RULINGS IN

PLENO.

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D.L. Nº 43, JUNE 29, 2012;

D.O. Nº 120, T. 395, JUNE 29, 2012. (Vence on 30/07/12)

SPECIAL PROVISIONS:

-DECREE GOVERNING THE VACANCY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT. D.L. NO. 71, JULY 14, 1994;

D.O. NO 134, T. 324, JULY 19, 1994.

-JURISDICTION, POWERS AND RESIDENCE OF THE SECOND-INSTANCE CHAMBERS AND COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE.

D.L. Nº 262, MARCH 23, 1998; D.O. NO. 62, T. 338, MARCH 31, 1998. REFORMS TO D.L. 262 OF 1998

D.L. Nº 509, DECEMBER 16, 1998; D.O. NO. 237, T. 341, DECEMBER 18, 1998. D.L. Nº 641, 17 JUNE 1999;

D.O. NO 115, T. 343, JUNE 22, 1999. REPEALED DECREE 262/98 BY: D.L. Nº 771, NOVEMBER 24, 1999;

D.O. NO 231, T. 345, DECEMBER 10, 1999.

-THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND THE COURTS OF PEACE, MAY BE

INTEGRATED TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY BY TWO OR MORE JUDGES; AND IN ADDITION THEY WILL HAVE USE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, FOR THE REALIZATION OF ACTS COMMUNICATION PROCESSING.

D.L. NO 178, OCTOBER 19, 2000; D.O. NO. 214, T. 349, NOVEMBER 15, 2000.

UNCONSTITUTIONALITY:

THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROOM OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, BY

RESOLUTION 78-2011, DECLARED THE PARTIAL UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF ART. 14 INC. 2o. OF THIS LAW, BY TRANSGREDIR LOS ARTS. 2 AND 168 INC. 3RD. CN., AS REGARDS THE VOTING RULE, FOR LACK OF SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION IN RELATION TO THE PLURALISTIC AND DELIBERATIVE CHARACTER OF THE

COLLEGIATE JUDICIAL DECISION. (ROM15/04/13)

RELATED PROVISIONS:

-EXTEND BY FOUR MONTHS THE PERIOD GRANTED TO PERSONS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN NEW AUTHORIZATION TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICER OF JUDGE EXECUTOR.

D.L. NO 48, 20 JUNE 1985;

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D.O. No. 133, T. 288, JULY 16, 1985.

EXTENSIONS: D.L. NO 189, NOVEMBER 28, 1985; D.O. NO. 227, T. 289, DECEMBER 2, 1985.

D.L. Nº 332, APRIL 24, 1986; D.O. NO 79, T. 291, MAY 5, 1986.

-SUSPEND FOR REASONS OF FORCE MAJEURE THE COURT PROCEEDINGS, TERMS OF LIMITATION AND EXPIRATION, NON-FILED APPEALS PENDING ADMISSION OR WHOSE DEADLINES ARE RUNNING, TERMS AND DEADLINES REFERRED TO IN THE LAW OF NOTARY,

LAW OF THE NOTARIAL EXERCISE OF THE VOLUNTARY JURISDICTION AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER LAWS. D.L. Nº 495, OCTOBER 23, 1986;

D.O. NO 199, T. 293, OCTOBER, 1986.

-MODIFY THE WORKING DAY OF EMPLOYEES OF THE JUDICIAL ORGAN AND PUBLIC MINISTRY, TO WORK ON FRIDAY, JULY 29, UNTIL THE EIGHTEEN HOURS, REPLACING THE DAY OF SATURDAY 30

OF THE SAME MONTH AND YEAR. D.L. NO 43, JULY 29, 1988; D.O. NO. 150, T. 300, AUGUST 17, 1988.

-SUSPEND FOR REASONS OF FORCE MAJEURE, THE TERMS OR DEADLINES, EXCEPT THAT OF INQUIRING IN CRIMINAL MATTERS, THAT WERE RUNNING TO

THE NIGHT OF THE 11TH OF NOVEMBER, AND IN THE NON-INTERPOSED RESOURCES, ITS TERM WILL BE OF FIFTEEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE EXPIRATION OF THIS DECREE.

D.L. NO. 389, NOVEMBER 30, 1989; D.O. NO. 235, T. 305, DECEMBER 19, 1989.

-EXTEND THE EXERCISE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PEACE JUDGES OF THE REPUBLIC, WITH THE NAME OF THE PERSONS WHO MUST REPLACE THEM ON THE BASIS OF THE TERNS PRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE JUDICIARY.

D.L. Nº 247, MAY 14, 1992; D.O. NO. 98, T. 315, MAY 29, 1992. EXTENSION:

D.L. Nº 330, SEPTEMBER 24, 1992; D.O. NO. 187, T. 317, OCTOBER 9, 1992.

S ECONOMIC COMPENSATION LAW FOR SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE COURT. D.L. Nº 550, DECEMBER 17, 2004;

D.O. NO 240, T. 365, DECEMBER 23, 2004.

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-ECONOMIC COMPENSATION LAW FOR SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE

ORGAN JUDICIAL. D.L. No. 391, JUNE 17, 2010; D.O. No. 129, T. 388, JULY 9, 2010.(VENCE 31/12/10)

S SUSPEND THE LEGAL, NON-CONSTITUTIONAL TERMS AND DEADLINES IN THE COURT PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURTS AND

COURTS THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL TERRITORY AFFECTED BY THE WORK STOPPAGE CARRIED OUT BY THE DIFFERENT TRADE UNION ASSOCIATIONS. D.L. No. 594, JANUARY 20, 2011;

D.O. No. 15, T. 390, JANUARY 21, 2011.

S LEGAL PROVISIONS TO THE EFFECT THAT THE COURTS THAT KNOW OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE PROCESS, TO THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL PROCEDURAL CODE, ARE KEPT BEING PURGED WITHOUT THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEADLINE DECIDED. D.L. No. 892, DECEMBER 12, 2014, D.O. No. 240, T. 405, DECEMBER 23, 2014.

S ECONOMIC COMPENSATION LAW FOR SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE

JUDICIAL BODY. D.L. No. 188, NOVEMBER 19, 2015, D.O. No. 218, T. 409, NOVEMBER 26, 2015.

S TRANSITIONAL SPECIAL PROVISIONS TO EMPOWER THE COURT

SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE THE DIRECT PROCUREMENT TO ADAPT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT IN JUDICIAL OFFICES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURAL ACTS IN VIRTUAL MODE. D.L. No. 333, APRIL 7, 2016,

D.O. No. 72, T. 411, APRIL 20, 2016. (VENCE 20/10/2016)

SETTING UP COURTS:

-IN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF SAN SALVADOR BECOME COURTS

OF THE COMMERCIAL, THE 5TH AND 6TH OF THE CIVIL, AND OF THE MILITARY IN TRANSIT; IN THE NEW SAN SALVADOR, THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE, IN COURTS OF THE CRIMINAL CASE; THE DISTRICTS ARE BEING CREATED

JUDICIAL OF DELGADO, MUSICANOS, SOYAPANGO, SAN PEDRO MASAHUAT,

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ACAJUTLA AND JIQUILISCO; IN NEW SAN SALVADOR CREASE DISTRICT

UN COURT OF THE CIVIL AND ONE OF TRANSIT. D.L. NO 316, 30 AUGUST 1989; D.O. NO. 168, T. 304, 12 SEPTEMBER 1989.

-BELIEVE THE EIGHTH PEACE COURT IN THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR AND A PEACE COURT IN THE CITY OF SAN LUIS LA HERRADURA,

DEPARTMENT OF PEACE. D.L. Nº 354, OCTOBER 19, 1989; D.O. NO. 195, T. 305, OCTOBER 23, 1989.

-CREATE A CIVIL COURT IN MEXICO, DELGADO AND SOYAPANGO; THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE AFOREMENTIONED MUNICIPALITIES BECOME COURTS OF THE CRIMINAL COURT.

D.L. Nº 598, OCTOBER 11, 1990; D.O. NO. 243, T. 309, OCTOBER 18, 1990.

-CREATE CIVIL, COMMERCIAL, CRIMINAL, MINOR AND FIRST INSTANCE COURTS, IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN SALVADOR, SOYAPANGO, SAN MARCOS, APOPA, SANTA ANA, LA LIBERTAD, IZALCO, SAN MIGUEL AND LA

UNION, MAKING CHANGES TO NOMINATION IN COURTS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CHALCHUAPA, METAPAN, QUEZALTEPEQUE, COJUTEPEQUE, SOYAPANGO, SAN MIGUEL AND LA UNION

D.L. NE 80, 17 OCTOBER 1991; D.O. NE 208, T. 313, 7 NOVEMBER 1991.

-CREATE SECOND INSTANCE CHAMBERS AND COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN SALVADOR, SONSONATE AND SAN MIGUEL; CHANGE OF NOMINATION IN CHAMBERS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF

SONSONATE, BETWEEN OTHER PROVISIONS. D.L. Nº 386, 26 NOVEMBER 1992; D.O. NO. 230, T. 317, DECEMBER 14, 1992.

-CREASE CHAMBER OF SECOND INSTANCE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE AND COURTS OF PEACE IN MUNICIPALITIES OF AHUACHAPAN, SONSONATE, MEJICANOS, DELGADO, SOYAPANGO, SAN MARCOS, SAN MARTÍN, SAN MIGUEL,

USULUTAN AND SANTA ROSA DE LIMA, NOMINATION CHANGES ARE ALSO TAKING PLACE. D.L. Nº 762, JANUARY 5, 1994;

D.O. NO. 15, T. 322, JANUARY 21, 1994. EXTENSION: D.L. Nº 792, JANUARY 26, 1994;

D.O. NO 37, T. 322, FEBRUARY 22, 1994.

-CREATE CHAMBER WITH JURISDICTION IN TRANSIT FOR

KNOWING AT SECOND INSTANCE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS, ON

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SAN SALVADOR.

D.L. Nº 853, APRIL 14, 1994; D.O. Nº 93, T. 323, 20 MAY 1994.

-CREATE FAMILY COURTS IN THE COUNTRY ' S DEPARTMENTAL CAPITALS. D.L. NE 136, SEPTEMBER 14, 1994;

D.O. NE 173, T. 324, 20 SEPTEMBER 1994.

-CREASE IN SAN SALVADOR, SANTA ANA, SAN VICENTE AND SAN MIGUEL, COURTS OF EXECUTION OF MEASURES TO THE MINOR.

D.L. NO 362, 7 JUNE 1995; D.O. NO 114, T. 327, 21 JUNE 1995.

S CREASE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SOYAPANGO, APOPA AND SAN MARCOS, COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE, CALLED "JUDGMENT OF THE FAMILY". D.L. Nº 728, 13 JUNE 1996;

D.O. NO 115, T. 331, 21 JUNE 1996.

S BELIEVE CHILD COURTS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF AHUACHAPAN,

ZACATECOLUCA, SENSUNTEPEQUE, USULUTAN, SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA, LA UNION, SOYAPANGO, SANTA ANA AND NEW SAN SALVADOR. D.L. NO 802, SEPTEMBER 11, 1996;

D.O. NO 176, T. 332, SEPTEMBER 20, 1996.

S CREATE SENTENCING AND CRIMINAL COURTS, IN VARIOUS

CITIES OF THE COUNTRY AND BECOME TRIAL COURTS. D.L. Nº 260, 23 MARCH 1998; D.O. NO. 62, T. 338, MARCH 31, 1998.

S CREATE COURTS FOR PENITENTIARY AND EXECUTION OF THE PENALTY IN VARIOUS CITIES OF THE COUNTRY.

D.L. Nº 261, MARCH 23, 1998; D.O. NO. 62, T. 338, MARCH 31, 1998.

S BELIEVE LOWER-VALUE COURTS, IN SAN SALVADOR, AND EXPAND THE

JURISDICTION TO CERTAIN COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE TO KNOW CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS. D.L. Nº 705, SEPTEMBER 9, 1999;

D.O. NO 173, T. 344, SEPTEMBER 20, 1999.

S SETS PROVISIONS FOR THE TRANSIT COURTS TO KNOW

OF CIVIL LIABILITY, AMONG OTHER RULES. D.L. Nº 771, NOVEMBER 24, 1999; D.O. NO. 231, T. 345, DECEMBER 10, 1999.

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S PROVISIONS ESTABLISHING THAT THE COURTS OF JUDGMENT

MEJICANOS, CIUDAD DELGADO, AND SOYAPANGO, WILL BE NAMED THE FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH COURTS OF SAN SALVADOR. D.L. Nº 772, NOVEMBER 24, 1999;

D.O. NO 231, T. 345, DECEMBER 10, 1999.

S PROVISIONS ESTABLISHING THAT THE FIFTH CIVIL COURT OF

SAN SALVADOR, BECOMES COURT FIFTH OF THE LABOR. D.L. Nº 249, JANUARY 16, 2004; D.O. NO. 31, T. 362, FEBRUARY 16, 2004. REFORM:

D.L. Nº 448, SEPTEMBER 30, 2004; D.O. NO. 196, T. 365, OCTOBER 21, 2004.

S CREATE SPECIALIZED COURTS TO KNOW CRIMES OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND COMPLEX REALIZATION. D.L. No. 246, FEBRUARY 23, 2007;

D.O. No. 43, T. 374, MARCH 5, 2007.

S CREASE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN SALVADOR, A SPECIALIZED CHAMBER OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE AND SPECIALIZED COURTS OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE IN SAN SALVADOR, SANTA ANA AND SAN MIGUEL.

D.L. No. 306, MARCH 18, 2010; D.O. No. 64, T. 387, APRIL 9, 2010.

S CREATE PLURIPERSONAL COURTS THAT YOU WILL KNOW ABOUT THE PROCESSES REFERRED TO IN THE CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL PROCEDURAL CODE. D.L. No. 372, OF MAY 27, 2010;

D.O. NO 100, T. 387, MAY 31, 2010. PARTIAL REPEAL OF D.L. 372/10: D.L. No. 892, DECEMBER 12, 2014,

D.O. No. 240, T. 405, DECEMBER 23, 2014. EXTENSIONS: D.L. No. 42, JUNE 29, 2012, D.O. No. 120, T. 395, JUNE 29, 2012. (Beat 31/12/13)

D.L. No. 579, 12 DECEMBER 2013, D.O. No. 241, T. 401, DECEMBER 21, 2013. (expires 31/12/14)

-PROVISIONS FOR COURTS TO BE AWARE OF IN THE PROCESSES REGULATED IN THE CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL PROCEDURAL CODE.

D.L. NO. 59, 12 JULY 2012; D.O. NO 146, T. 396, AUGUST 10, 2012. EXTENSION:

D.L. No. 238, 14 DECEMBER 2012,(Deadline for meeting and forwarding processes: 30 /jun/13)

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D.O. No. 240, T. 397, DECEMBER 21, 2012.

- ERECT ENVIRONMENTAL JURISDICTION WITH COMPETENCE IN CIVIL ACTIONS, IN WHICH RESPONSIBILITIES AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT ARE DEDUCTED

ENVIRONMENT. D.L. No. 684, 22 MAY 2014;

D.O. No. 105, T. 403, JUNE 9, 2014.

PARTIAL REPEAL: REPEAL THE DEADLINE SET OUT IN ARTICLES 6 AND 7 AND GRANT A NEW DEADLINE OF 31/12/2015, AS EXTENDED BY THIS DECREE.

D. L. No. 8, 28 MAY 2015, D. O. No. 108, T. 407, JUNE 16, 2015. (EXPIRES 31/12/2015) PARTIAL REPEAL OF D. L. NO 8/15.

PARTIALLY REPEAL ART. 2, CONCERNING THE DEADLINE FOR THE CREATION OF THE SECOND-INSTANCE ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER BASED IN SAN SALVADOR, AND EXTEND THE JURISDICTION OF THE THIRD CHAMBER

OF THE FIRST SECTION CIVIL OF THE CENTER. D. L. No. 172, 12 NOVEMBER 2015; D. O. No. 217, T. 409, NOVEMBER 25, 2015. (VENCE 31/12/2016)

TRANSITIONAL PROVISION TO D. L. N ° 172/15 TRANSITIONAL PROVISION TO EXTEND THE CREATION OF THE SANTA ANA-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL COURT AND THE ENTRY INTO OPERATION

OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COURT WITH HEADQUARTERS IN SAN MIGUEL. D. L. No. 215, DECEMBER 10, 2015; D. O. NO. 235, T. 409, DECEMBER 21, 2015. (VENCE 1/07/2016)

-SUPPRESSION OF TRAFFIC COURTS AND THE CREATION OF THIRD AND FOURTH COURTS OF PENITENTIARY AND EXECUTION OF THE PENALTY IN

SAN SALVADOR, AS WELL AS THE SECOND SURVEILLANCE COURT PENITENTIARY AND EXECUTION OF THE SENTENCE OF LIBERTY, COURT OF PENITENTIARY AND EXECUTION OF THE PENALTY OF SONSONATE AND

THIRD OF PRISON SURVEILLANCE AND EXECUTION OF THE PENALTY OF SAN MIGUEL. D.L. No. 685, MAY 22, 2014. D.O. No. 105, T. 403, JUNE 9, 2014.

-CREATION OF SPECIALIZED COURTS IN DOMAIN EXTINCTION, CORRESPONDING TO FIRST AND SECOND INSTANCE.

D.L. No. 714, JUNE 13, 2014; D.O. No. 109, T. 403, JUNE 13, 2014.

-BELIEVE COURTS AND SPECIALIZED COURTS FOR A LIFE FREE OF VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION FOR WOMEN. D.L. No. 286, FEBRUARY 25, 2016;

D.O. No. 60, T. 411, APRIL 4, 2016. (VENCE 1/06/2016)

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EXTENSION:

D.L. No. 397, 2 JUNE 2016; D.O. No. 112, T. 411, 16 DE JUNE 2016. (VENCE 31/12/16)

ROM/ielp 27/08/09

ROM 10/05/10

SV 17/07/10

ROM 27/07/10

ROM 19/01/11

ROM 08/02/11

JCH 13/06/11

ROM 19/07/11

ROM 08/09/11

JCH 08/05/12

JCH 23/07/12

SV 24/07/12

JCH 30/08/12

SV 30/01/13

JCH 06/02/14

SV 11/07/14

JCH 14/07/14

FN 17/07/14

SP 11/02/15

SP 16/07/15

SP 22/12/15

SP 23/12/15

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FN 4/01/15

JQ 02//02/16

JQ 22/04/16

JQ 16/05/16

JQ 08/07/16

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