The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: constitutional law in the Security Office to make the constitutional protection Bureau Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1994, no. 11; 1996, no. 23) follows: 1. Article 1: replace the first paragraph, the words "non-military State security institution" with the words "non-military" State security authority;
to supplement the article with a new second subparagraph by the following: "(2) the constitutional protection Office of the Republic of Latvia, the national security agency, which carried out the procedure prescribed by law and controls the exchange of classified information with international organizations and measures of protection of this information. The constitutional protection Office also has security accreditation body accredit electronic media systems that involve working with State secrets containing information. The constitutional protection Office carries out cryptographic system control and develop cryptographic keys. ";
consider the second part of the third part;
turn off the current third paragraph;
to make the fourth subparagraph by the following: "(4) the constitutional protection office is an independent national security authority, has its own stamp with the Latvian National coat-of-arms of the great image and your full name, as well as the current account in the bank."
2. in article 2: Add to the article after the word "Constitution" with the words "national security law";
to exclude the words "the law" on State protection ".
3. Article 3: express the following in paragraph 2: ' 2) national security, prevention or predicting neutralization; ";
make paragraph 6 by the following: "6) State secrets protection this law and the law" on State secrets "in certain competence;";
turn off point 7;
make paragraph 8 by the following: ' 8) submission of information and materials to the Prosecutor's Office or the relevant cognitive authority on criminal offences and persons who may be accused of committing it; "
to complement the article, paragraph 9 by the following: "9) individual Cabinet in writing tasks or organizing the execution of its competence."
4. To supplement the law with article 3.1 as follows: "article 3.1. The constitutional protection of the rights of the Office of intelligence and Counterintelligence activities (1) the constitutional protection Office, intelligence (Counterintelligence) action through operational activities legal activities in particular, is not required to get a judge's approval, but in other cases, the Prosecutor's acceptance. Supervision over compliance with the law these actions made the Attorney General and his specially authorized prosecutors under the procedure prescribed by law.
(2) If the constitutional protection Office has substantiated information on the important interests of the State, public security, or scares, it has allowed preventive intelligence (Counterintelligence) — with the person related information, as well as its transmission flow analysis, information and data downloading or copying of electronic and other information storage, telecommunications and data transmission networks and channels and thematic analysis of this information. For information on the analysis of notified the Attorney General or the subjects she specifically authorized the Prosecutor. "
5. Make the text of article 4 as follows: "(1) the constitutional protection Office's national security authority, whose main tasks, competences, scope and frame, General and direct management and control procedures are governed by this law, national security law and the institutions of the national security law.
(2) the constitutional protection Office of parliamentary control carried out Parliamentary and Parliamentary Commission of national security. "
6. Article 5: replace the first paragraph, the words "to" with the words "four to five";
to supplement the first sentence with the following: "The constitutional protection Office Director may be a person that is not covered by the national security authorities in article 18 of the law restrictions, which has a higher education in law and at least three years of work experience in a position not lower than Latvia's national security authority, the head of the operational unit, or his Deputy, and which received the first category of special permission for access to State secrets."
to turn off the second paragraph, the words "the National Security Council and";
turn off the last sentence of the third paragraph;
make the fifth subparagraph of the first paragraph by the following: "(5) the Director of the Office for the protection of the Constitution, to ensure that the law, the concept of national security and the national security plan for the realization of the tasks and objectives:";
turn off the fifth paragraph 5, the words "the National Security Council or on its own initiative;
Supplement fifth paragraph 6 by the following: "6) asks the individual tasks of State security authorities.";
turn off sixth in paragraph 2, the words "in coordination with the National Security Council";
Replace paragraph 9 in the sixth paragraph, the words "National Security Council" with the words "the parliamentary National Security Commission and the Cabinet of Ministers";
Add to sixth with paragraph 10 by the following: ' 10) shall be determined in agreement with the relevant Governments, leaders, the procedures used to institutions, as well as the technical means and all types of media if necessary statutory public safety authorities. ";
adding to the seventh paragraph by the words "to get this information and material;
replace the ninth paragraph, the words "National Security Council" with the words "the parliamentary National Security Commission, the National Security Council and the Cabinet of Ministers."
turn off the tenth part of the last sentence;
Supplement to the twelfth article as follows: "(12) for the exemplary work or professional duties of the constitutional protection Office Director personally or in accordance with the National Security Council decision can be rewarding public safety personnel with personal awards of arms or other service awards and godazīm."
7. in article 6: make the second paragraph as follows: "(2) the constitutional protection Office's operational issues can create the College, consisting of the Director of the Bureau."
replace the third paragraph, the words "National Security Council" with the words "the parliamentary National Security Commission".
8. in article 7: paragraph 2 expressed as follows: "2) predict and detect internal and external national security threats and the elimination or neutralisation measures;"
turn 8 and 9;
make paragraph 10 by the following: ' 10) to submit to the Prosecutor's Office or the relevant certificate authority information and material about detected criminal offences and persons who may be accused of committing them. "
9. Article 9: replace the first paragraph, the words "the law" on State civil service "with the words" national security law ";
to supplement the article with the fourth paragraph as follows: "(4) separate the constitutional protection Office may hold positions in the Defense Ministry, Interior Ministry and their departments, as well as specialist national armed forces Special operations forces unit specialists and persons recruited on a contract basis. The constitutional protection Office Director may engage in other activities of the Office of the public security authorities of the individual tasks in coordination with the Parliamentary Commission of national security. "
The Parliament adopted the law of 27 June.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga in 2002 July 10 Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force 24 July 2002.