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Law No. 191 Of 19 October 1998 Concerning The Organisation And Functioning Of Protection And Guard Service

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 191 din 19 octombrie 1998 privind organizarea şi funcţionarea Serviciului de Protecţie şi Paza

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LEGE no. 191 191 of 19 October 1998 (* updated *) on the organization and functioning of the Protection and Guard ((updated on 16 January 2016 *)
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---------- The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Chapter I General provisions + Article 1 (1) The Protection and Guard Service is a state body with attributions in the field of national security, specialized in ensuring the protection of Romanian dignitaries, foreign dignitaries during their stay in Romania, their families, within the limits legal powers, as well as in ensuring the security of the working premises and their residences, according to the decisions of the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country. (2) The Protection and Guard Service has the military structure and is part of the national defense system. + Article 2 The Protection and Guard Service operates in compliance with the Romanian Constitution and the laws of the country, the decisions of the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country, as well as the military regulations. + Article 3 (1) The activity of the Protection and Guard Service is organized and coordinated by the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country and is controlled by the Parliament, through the committees for defense, public order and national security. (2) Annually or at the request of the Parliament, the Director of the Protection and Guard Service shall report on the performance of his duties, according to the law, to the Protection and Guard Service. + Article 4 (1) For the performance of their duties, the Protection and Guard Service collaborates with the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Administration and Interior, the Romanian Intelligence Service, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Special Telecommunications, with the other ministries and specialized bodies of the central and local public administration. (2) The institutions provided in par. (1) are obliged to grant the Protection and Guard Service, within the limits of legal powers, the necessary support to the attributions provided by law + Article 5 The protection of Romanian dignitaries outside the national territory is ensured by the personnel of the Protection and Guard Service, in cooperation with special services with attributions in the field, in the host countries. + Article 6 The Protection and Guard Service can establish collaborative relationships with similar structures in other states and conclude treaties at a departmental level and technical agreements with international bodies in the field of cooperation on the protection, security and staff training, with the prior approval of the Supreme Council of National Defence. ------------- Article 6 has been amended by section 6. 1 1 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 158 158 of 19 December 2007 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 885 885 of 27 December 2007. + Chapter II Management, organization and duties of the Protection and Guard Service + Section 1 Management of the Protection and Guard Service + Article 7 (1) The Protection and Guard Service is headed by a director, with the rank of secretary of state, appointed by the President of Romania, at the proposal of the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country. (2) Upon appointment, the director shall submit to the President of Romania the following oath: " I, ..., swear that I will perform in good faith and non-bias, in the full respect of the Constitution and the laws of the country, Director of the Protection and Guard Service. " + Article 8 (1) The Director of the Protection and Guard Service organizes and directs the work of the service and represents it in relations with ministries and other public administration bodies, with institutions and organizations in the country, as well as with bodies similar from abroad. (2) The Director of the Protection and Guard Service engages the service in relations with legal or natural persons. For this purpose he can give powers to other subordinate staff. (3) In the exercise of his duties, the director of the Protection and Guard Service shall issue, according to the law, order and instructions. + Article 9 (1) The director of the Protection and Guard Service has in direct subordination a first deputy, who is his legal replacement and chief of staff, as well as a deputy. (2) The first deputy and deputy have the rank of undersecretary of state and are appointed by the President of Romania, at the proposal of the Director of the Protection and Guard Service, with the opinion of the Supreme Council of National Defence + Article 10 (1) Within the Protection and Guard Service the Board of Directors operates, as a deliberative body. (2) The operative management of the Protection and Guard Service and ensuring the fulfilment of the decisions of the Governing Council shall be carried out by its executive office. (3) The tasks, the functioning and the composition of the Board of Directors and the Executive Office shall be established by the Regulation on the organization and functioning of the Protection and Guard Service. + Section 2 Organization of Protection and Guard Service + Article 11 The Protection and Guard Service has in composing a major state and operative structures necessary to fulfill the duties provided by law, which are hierarchically subordinated only to the management of the service. + Article 12 (1) The organizational structure, the flocks in peacetime and in times of war and the Regulation of organization and functioning of the Protection and Guard Service are approved by the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country, at the proposal of the Director of the Service of Protection and Security. (2) The Director of the Protection and Guard Service may make changes within the approved organizational structure. ------------- Alin. ((2) of art. 12 12 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. I of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 103 103 of 29 August 2002 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 669 669 of 9 September 2002. + Article 13 (1) The Protection and Guard Service has its own mobilization structure and keeps records of its own military and civilian personnel, existing in peacetime, as well as of reservists, according to the legislation in force. (2) The rules of operation of the structure provided in par. (1), the activity of mobilization and the bookkeeping of reservists shall be established in agreement with the General Staff. + Section 3 Duties of the Protection and Guard Service + Article 14 (1) The Protection and Guard Service, through its specialized structures, has the following tasks: a) organize and execute activities to prevent and annihilate any actions by which they would pay attention to life, physical integrity, freedom of action and the health of persons whose protection is obliged to provide it, as well as for to carry out the security and defence of their working premises and residences; b) organize and carry out, open or covered, activities of collection, verification and valorization of the necessary information only for the performance of the duties provided in art. 1 1 para. (1), under the conditions established by law. Any information with an operative value of a different nature shall be transmitted immediately to the authorities empowered by law to verify and capitalize on it; ------------ Lit. b) a par. ((1) of art. 14 14 has been amended by section 4.2 2 2 of art. I of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 103 103 of 29 August 2002 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 669 669 of 9 September 2002. c) conduct exchanges of information and cooperate with information services and departmental structures with attributions in the field, in the country and abroad, in order to fulfill the specific missions provided in art. 1 1 para. ((1); d) may perform, in compliance with Law no. 51/1991 *) on the national security of Romania, checks by: requesting and obtaining objects, documents or official relations from public institutions; consulting specialists or experts; receiving referrals or relationship notes; fixing some operative moments by technical means or by personal findings; e) asks the prosecutor, in justified cases, in compliance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to authorize Law no. 51/1991 *), for the purpose of collecting information for the performance of specific missions. The technical operations for carrying out these activities are executed by the Romanian Intelligence Service; f) records the results of the activities referred to in point d) and e) in acts of finding, drawn up in compliance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which may constitute means of proof; ------------ Lit. f) a par. ((1) of art. 14 14 has been amended by section 4.2 2 2 of art. I of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 103 103 of 29 August 2002 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 669 669 of 9 September 2002. g) organizes and coordinates, during the protection and security missions, the activity of all the participating forces within the institutions provided in art. 4 4 para. ((1); ------------ Lit. g) a par. ((1) of art. 14 14 has been amended by section 4.2 2 2 of art. I of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 103 103 of 29 August 2002 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 669 669 of 9 September 2002. h) intervenes, independently or in cooperation with other bodies provided by law, to prevent and counter actions likely to endanger the life, physical integrity, health or freedom of action of persons to whom it provides protection and security of guarded objectives, as well as for the capture or annihilation of terrorist or aggressive elements; i) execute, independently or in cooperation with other specialized bodies, actions for the search, identification and neutralization of suspicious objects that may present danger to protected persons or to guarded objectives; j) undertake, in collaboration with specialized bodies, measures to ensure the medical, prophylactic and therapeutic assistance of dignitaries whose protection falls within its competence and carries out, by its own means, anti-epidemic measures for prevention of diseases of an infectious nature, toxico-chemical or ionising radiation, as well as other activities in the permanent and temporary objectives; k) organize, according to the law, the own defense activity of the state secret and the prevention of data leak or information that is not intended for advertising; k ^ 1) endorses the access of personnel to carry out permanent or temporary activities in the objectives of the service competence; ------------ Lit. k ^ 1) a par. ((1) of art. 14 14 was introduced by section 4.2. 3 3 of art. I of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 103 103 of 29 August 2002 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 669 669 of 9 September 2002. l) also performs other duties provided by law, specific to its field of activity. (2) Persons entitled to benefit from protection and objectives whose security shall be ensured by the Protection and Guard Service shall be established by decision of the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country. ((3) Abrogat. ---------- Alin. ((3) of art. 14 14 has been repealed by section 6.6. 1 1 of art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 43 43 of 14 October 2015 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 785 785 of 21 October 2015. (4) With the approval of the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country, the Protection and Guard Service may provide protection to dignitaries and former dignitaries, other than those provided in par. (2), as well as other persons, at their request. ---------- Alin. ((4) of art. 14 14 has been amended by section 2 2 of art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 43 43 of 14 October 2015 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 785 785 of 21 October 2015. (5) The Protection and Guard Service may provide protection and presidents of parliamentary parties, established according to par. (2), at their request. ---------- Alin. ((5) of art. 14 14 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. unique from LAW no. 3 3 of 12 January 2016 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 24 24 of 13 January 2016, amending section 3 3 of art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 43 43 of 14 October 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 785 785 of 21 October 2015. + Chapter III Personnel of the Protection and Guard Service + Article 15 (1) The personnel of the Protection and Guard Service shall be composed of military personnel and civilian employees. (. During the performance of duties, the operative staff shall be invested with the exercise of public authority (3) Military and civilian personnel who perform specific tasks for carrying out operative activities fall within Group I and II of work. (4) The criteria for classification in groups I and II of work, as well as persons who benefit from Group I or II of work shall be established by order of the Director of the Protection and Guard Service. + Article 16 (1) The military personnel of the Protection and Guard Service shall have all the rights and duties established for the military of the armed forces and carry out their activity under the conditions provided by law and military regulations. (2) Civil employees shall be subject to the provisions of the Labor Code and other legal provisions, as well as regulations specific to the Protection and Guard Service. (3) The term military, necessary for the Protection and Guard Service, are selected through the county military centers, respectively of the city of Bucharest, within the limits established by decision of the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country, based on the requests addressed to the General Staff. + Article 17 (1) The personnel of the Protection and Guard Service, who execute, conduct or coordinate operative missions or contribute to their realization, benefit from an increase of 30%, calculated on the basic balance, respectively on the basic salary. (2) The categories of personnel who benefit from the increase provided in par. ((1) shall be established by order of the Director of the Protection and Guard Service. (3) The Personnel of the Protection and Guard Service shall be provided free of charge with the appropriate protective equipment to the specific missions it fulfils, and if, as a result of the performance of their duties, they have been degraded and destroyed personal property, is entitled to appropriate compensation granted by the institution. (4) The personnel of the Protection and Guard Service, who participate in operative missions whose duration exceeds 4 hours, are provided free of charge a food supplement, in the equivalent of 2,000 calories, for each day of mission. (5) The personnel of the Protection and Guard Service, who have in receipt of service dogs, are entitled, during that period, to an increase of 5% of the basic solda. (6) The material liability of drivers on operative missions for damages resulting from damage to the vehicles of the Protection and Guard Service is established, under the law, as a result of carrying out administrative research. If the driver's responsibility is not established, the damage shall be borne by the Protection and Guard Service. ---------- Alin. ((6) of art. 17 17 has been amended by section 4 4 of art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 43 43 of 14 October 2015 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 785 785 of 21 October 2015. + Article 18 (1) Staff who, for reasons of illness, accidents or other such events, occurred during, due to or in connection with the service, can no longer perform their duties and are passed to another function retain their solda and others money rights previously had. ((2) Staff who have lost, in whole or in part, their ability to work during, due to or in connection with the service, classified in the first degree or in the second degree of invalidity, receive in the period of invalidity a pension equal to the net balance or, after the case, the net basic salary, had at the date of the invalidity, and benefits, only once, from a compensation equal to ten times the net balance or, as the case may be, with ten times the same net basic salary. (3) Staff who partially lost their working capacity under the conditions of par. (2), being classified in the third degree of invalidity, and who can still execute the profession benefit from a pension equal to at least half of the balance or the net basic salary, had in the last month of activity, and, once, by a compensation equal to five times the same result or net basic salary, as well as the right to cumulate, under the law, the pension with the salary he can receive from another activity carried out. ((4) Followers of the deceased during, due to or in connection with the service shall benefit from a pension equal to the basic solda or, as the case may be, the salary made in the last month preceding the death, as well as, once, of equal monetary compensation with fifteen times the net base result or, as the case may be, the net basic salary had at the time of death. + Article 19 (1) Military personnel from the Protection and Guard Service come from the ranks of graduates of military educational institutions. In the case of posts in specific fields of activity, for which military educational institutions do not provide the training of necessary specialists, they can be classified with persons prepared by civil educational institutions and who meet legal conditions. (2) The specific training of personnel is carried out through their own training system or in the military units and in the specialized institutions of the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Administration and Interior and the Romanian Service Information or in civil institutions. The training can also be carried out at similar institutions abroad. (3) The Protection and Guard Service may prepare personnel and provide specialized assistance to authorized companies that have as their field of activity the physical protection of persons, for a fee. ------------ Alin. ((3) of art. 19 19 has been introduced by section 5 5 of art. I of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 103 103 of 29 August 2002 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 669 669 of 9 September 2002. (4) With the approval of the Supreme Council of National Defence, the Protection and Guard Service can initiate, organize and carry out cooperation, training and training activities with bodies and institutions abroad. ---------- Alin. ((4) of art. 19 19 has been amended by section 5 5 of art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 43 43 of 14 October 2015 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 785 785 of 21 October 2015. (5) The Protection and Guard Service may rent or make available for temporary use the movable and immovable property under its administration, according to their legal regime, at the request of the interested persons, with payment use, according to the rates approved by order of the Director of the Protection and Guard Service. ------------ Alin. ((5) of art. 19 19 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. unique from LAW no. 67 67 of 11 March 2003 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 183 183 of 24 March 2003, amending section 5 5 of art. I of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 103 103 of 29 August 2002 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 669 669 of 9 September 2002. (6) The Protection and Guard Service can execute, through its own stations authorized according to the law, periodic technical inspections of the vehicles provided, and, upon request, technical inspections, revisions and repairs to vehicles belonging to other persons physical or legal established by the Organization and Operation Regulation of the Protection and Guard Service. Technical inspections, revisions and repairs, as well as the activities and services provided in par. ((3)-(5) and in art. 14 14 para. ((3) and (4) shall be provided on the basis of the tariffs established by order of the Director of the Protection and Guard Service, under the law. ------------- Alin. ((6) of art. 19 19 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. unique from LAW no. 67 67 of 11 March 2003 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 183 183 of 24 March 2003, amending section 5 5 of art. I of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 103 103 of 29 August 2002 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 669 669 of 9 September 2002. (7) The Protection and Guard Service may benefit, according to the regulations in force, for scientific research, technological development and innovation activities in the framework of programmes financed and co-financed by the Commission European, of structural funds, national funds or other financial mechanisms, in consortia with international participation, or as a single applicant. ---------- Alin. ((7) of art. 19 19 has been amended by section 2 2 of art. unique from LAW no. 3 3 of 12 January 2016 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 24 24 of 13 January 2016, amending section 6 6 of art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 43 43 of 14 October 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 785 785 of 21 October 2015. + Article 19 ^ 1 (1) The Protection and Guard Service may perform, according to the regulations in force, protection and security missions outside the national territory, under the aegis of international bodies, under the conditions of the treaties and agreements concluded. (2) The Protection and Guard Service may participate, according to the regulations in force, in the actions organized by the European Network for the Protection of Personalities and by the Association of Dignitaries Protection Services. ((3) Training, preparation and improvement of the training of its staff or other institutions abroad in the field of protection, security and crisis management for missions under the aegis of the United Nations can be achieved in the own training system of the Protection and Guard Service or similar institutions abroad, under the terms of the treaties and agreements concluded. ------------- Article 19 ^ 1 has been introduced by item 2 2 of art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 158 158 of 19 December 2007 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 885 885 of 27 December 2007. + Article 20 (1) The military and civil personnel of the Protection and Guard Service are required to keep the state secret and the secret of service, under the law. (2) The division, in any way, of the data or information that is subject to the activity of the Protection and Guard Service is prohibited and is punishable by law. + Article 21 The personnel of the Protection and Guard Service prove their quality with the service card, and during the performance of the operative missions, and with the service badge. The model of the service badge is set out in Annex no. 1. + Chapter IV Financial and financial insurance + Article 22 The Protection and Guard Service executes the following activities: a) elaborates and substantiates the draft of its own revenue and expenditure budget and ensures its execution after approval by the Parliament; the director of the Protection and Guard Service has the status of principal authorising officer; b) approve, within the limits of its competences, the technical-economic documentation for their own investment and repair works, following their execution at the established deadlines; c) plan and carry out the endowment with weapons, ammunition, technique, equipment and other materials, through contracting with internal and external partners or other modalities provided by law; d) establish, on the basis of legal provisions, the nomenclature of materials, norms of endowment and consumption, storage, use, maintenance and repair, of declassification and scrapping, of settlement, record and control of material and financial means; e) conclude, under the law, optional insurance for personnel on specific missions and for the technical means used. f) plans, runs and implements projects financed and co-financed by European funds, national or other financial mechanisms, together with internal and external partners or other modalities provided by law. ---------- Lit. f) of art. 22 22 has been amended by section 4.2 3 3 of art. unique from LAW no. 3 3 of 12 January 2016 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 24 24 of 13 January 2016, amending section 7 7 of art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 43 43 of 14 October 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 785 785 of 21 October 2015. + Article 22 ^ 1 The proceeds of the activities and services provided for by this Law shall be fully retained by the Protection and Guard Service as an extra-budgetary income and will be used to finance material and capital expenditures. The remaining availability at the end of each year is carried over to the following year and will be used with the same destination. ------------- Article 22 ^ 1 has been amended by section 1. 2 2 of art. unique from LAW no. 67 67 of 11 March 2003 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 183 183 of 24 March 2003, amending section 6 6 of art. I of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 103 103 of 29 August 2002 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 669 669 of 9 September 2002. + Article 22 ^ 2 Repealed. ------------- Article 22 ^ 2 was repealed by art. 10 of LAW no. 562 562 of 7 December 2004 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 1.169 1.169 of 9 December 2004. + Article 23 (1) The lands, buildings, workspaces, storage and accommodation, necessary for the operation of the Protection and Guard Service, are provided by the Government, under the conditions provided by law. ((2) The furnishings held by the units of the Protection and Guard Service constitute the public domain of national interest. In duly justified situations, some constructions can be passed in the private domain of the state, under the law. ------------- Alin. ((2) of art. 23 23 has been amended by art. unique from LAW no. 272 272 of 3 October 2007 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 683 683 of 8 October 2007, amending art. unique of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 94 94 of 29 November 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 969 969 of 4 December 2006. + Article 24 (1) For the exercise of the driving act and the performance of specific missions, the Protection and Guard Service organizes its own system of broadcasts, using for this purpose the forces and means at its disposal. (2) During specific missions the own transmission system can also be used by the persons referred to in art. 1 1 para. ((1). + Article 25 The Protection and Guard Service has its own fleet of means of transport, intended to carry out specific missions. + Article 26 (1) For the execution of missions that do not suffer procrastination and which cannot be carried out otherwise, the personnel of the Protection and Guard Service shall have the right to use any means of transport and telecommunications, public property or private, except those belonging to the diplomatic corps. (2) The settlement of expenses occasioned in such circumstances shall be made within 60 days, at the request of the owners, being borne by the funds of the Protection and Guard Service or, as the case may be, by the persons who caused Intervention. + Chapter V Final provisions + Article 27 Personnel of the Protection and Guard Service is authorized, as appropriate, to carry and use firearms, white weapons and other means of protection and deterrence, for the performance of service missions, as well as for self-defense purposes, in the conditions provided by law. + Article 28 (1) If the objectives of which the security is provided on a permanent or temporary basis by the Protection and Guard Service are in danger or when there is information that it is intended to organize actions that could put them in danger, it, together with the public authorities and other specialized bodies that, according to the law, have competence in the field, establishes areas for the protection of those objectives, in close proximity to them, in which, if necessary, prohibit or limit, as appropriate, access. (2) The objectives of protection of objectives are delimited, with visible signs, by the Protection and Guard Service, with the specialized support of public authorities and other competent bodies. (3) The protection zones have the same regime as the objectives of which security is ensured. (4) The personnel of the Protection and Guard Service, on mission, are authorized to legitimize and, as the case may be, to immobilize persons who illegally enter areas with prohibited or limited access, by urgently handing over to the competent bodies, along with the act of finding. In these situations, the personnel of the Protection and Guard Service are required to legitimize themselves. + Article 29 (1) In case of finding a flagrant crime or attempts or acts punished by the law, which endanger the life, physical integrity or health of the persons referred to in art. 1 1 para. (1), to whom protection is provided, or the objectives under guard, the personnel of the Protection and Guard Service may immobilize the perpetrator, immediately handing over to the competent bodies, together with the act of finding and with the material means of proof. (2) The Protection and Guard Service may not carry out the investigation or prosecution, shall not take the measure of detention or preventive arrest and shall not have its own detention or arrest spaces. + Article 30 (1) The institutions within which the natural persons beneficiary of protection and security and those to whom the objectives guarded in accordance with the provisions of art. 1 1 para. (1) provide the Protection and Guard Service, free of charge, on the basis of a prior convention, the spaces and utilities necessary to carry out the missions. (2) The institutions provided in par. (1) have measures for the purchase, under the law, of technical means for the organization and control of access and will ensure their service activity. ---------- Alin. ((2) of art. 30 30 has been introduced by section 8 8 of art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 43 43 of 14 October 2015 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 785 785 of 21 October 2015. + Article 31 (1) The operative activity of the Protection and Guard Service is a state secret. ---------- Alin. ((1) of art. 31 31 has been returned to the original form prior to the amendment made by section 9 9 of art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 43 43 of 14 October 2015 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 785 785 of 21 October 2015, by repealing section 9 9 of art. 4 4 by section 4 4 of art. unique from LAW no. 3 3 of 12 January 2016 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 24 24 of 13 January 2016. (2) The documents of the Protection and Guard Service are kept in their own archive and can be consulted, under the law, with the approval of its director. + Article 31 ^ 1 The Protection and Guard Service establishes, by order of the head of the institution, its own system of honorary insignia. ---------- Art. 31 ^ 1 was introduced by item 1. 10 10 of art. 4 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 43 43 of 14 October 2015 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 785 785 of 21 October 2015. + Article 32 The Protection and Guard Service uses, for individualization and recognition, the emblem, the model and description of which are provided in Annex no. 2. Emblema is the gun sign of the Protection and Guard Service. + Article 33 (1) On the date of entry into force of this Law any contrary provisions shall be repealed. ((2) Annexes no. 1 and 2 are an integral part of this law. This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies at the meeting of September 28, 1998, in compliance with the provisions of 74 74 para. (1) of the Romanian Constitution.
p. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT,
ANDREI IOAN CHILIMAN
This law was adopted by the Senate at the meeting of September 29, 1998, in compliance with the provisions of art 74 74 para. (1) of the Romanian Constitution.
SENATE PRESIDENT
PETRE ROMAN
+ Annex 1 MODEL Service badge image + Annex 2 DESCRIPTION Protection and Guard Service Emblem image At the center of the representation is a blue shield, loaded with two golden swords, crossed, with the top down. The shield is stamped by an eagle of gold, crusader, with red beak, wearing a golden cross in it. The shield's supporters are two lions with the tongues and the red claws. The motto, placed on a red scarf, includes the words "SEMPER FIDELIS", written in white color. The emblem is framed at the top by the name of the country "ROMANIA", and at the bottom, by the initials of the institution-PROTECTION AND SECURITY SERVICE ----