Reform of Article 49 of Decree 17-2010
Congreso Nacional
- Decree: 369-2013
- Published: August 22, 2015
- Issuing body: Congreso Nacional
- Gazette: 33,815
- Category: Financial & Tax
Summary
This law exempts young people under 25 years old from paying for judicial and police background certificates, aiming to facilitate their access to employment. The government maintains a 200 lempira charge for other administrative documents, but these certificates are free for those under that age.
Considerations
Whereas, in order to promote employment, it is necessary to facilitate young persons under twenty-five (25) years of age, without any payment, the acquisition of a certificate of judicial and police records.
Whereas, in view of the foregoing recital, it is appropriate to reform Article 49 of Decree No. 17-2010 dated March 28, Two Thousand Ten, containing the Law for the Strengthening of Income, Social Equity, and Rationalization of Public Spending.
Whereas, it is the duty and authority of the National Congress to create, enact, interpret, reform, and repeal laws.
Articles
Reform Article 49 of Decree No. 17-2010, dated March twenty-eighth of the year two thousand ten, containing the LAW FOR STRENGTHENING OF REVENUES, SOCIAL EQUITY AND RATIONALIZATION OF PUBLIC SPENDING, which shall hereinafter read as follows:
All institutions of the Central Government and decentralized bodies are authorized to charge the rate of TWO HUNDRED LEMPIRAS (L.200.00) EXACT as payment for the issuance of the administrative acts they approve, such as: 1) ... 2) ... 3) ... 4) ... 5) ... 6) ... 7) ... 8) ... This payment must be made by the applicant or their legal representative, at any agency of the National Banking System, authorized by means of Official Receipt of Payment TGR-1, in which the following are exempted from this payment: Diplomatic and Consular Missions, International Cooperation Organizations and Agencies, and churches. Likewise, health certificates, education certificates and birth certificates are exempted; Identity Card issued for the first time; certificates of judicial and police records for persons under twenty-five (25) years of age, as well as all other documents contemplated in special laws. The Supreme Court of Justice and the Secretariat of State in the Office of Security must issue the related certificates by scheduling their issuance and delivery, indicating the day and time to claim the aforementioned certificates including those of criminal records.
This Decree shall enter into force as of the day of its publication in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given in the city of Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, in the Session Hall of the National Congress, on the fourteenth day of the month of January of two thousand fifteen. MAURICIO OLIVA HERRERA PRESIDENT MARIO ALONSO PÉREZ LÓPEZ SECRETARY ROMÁN VILLEDA AGUILAR SECRETARY Be It Therefore: Executed. Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., March 2, 2015. JUAN ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC The Secretary of State in the Office of Finance.
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