(*)(Its name amended by Article 1, subsection b) of Law No. 8771 of September 14, 2009) a) Coordinating all official plans and programs linked, directly or indirectly, to crime prevention.
- b)Formulating, developing, and administering programs and projects for crime prevention, the investigation of criminological behaviors, and the determination of the causes and factors of crime in Costa Rica.
- c)Administering the country's penitentiary system and executing measures involving the deprivation of individual liberty, in accordance with the law creating the General Directorate of Social Adaptation, No. 4762 of May 8, 1971.
- d)Developing programs aimed at improving the means, procedures, and techniques used to treat offenders, for the purpose of preventing recidivism and, as applicable, ensuring their social rehabilitation (readaptación social).
- e)Administering the national system of registries and registrations of property and legal entities, in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the law creating the National Registry, No. 5695 of May 28, 1975.
- f)Authorizing the operation of associations constituted in accordance with Law No. 218 of August 8, 1939, or registering their respective bylaws, as well as the legal standing of their corresponding governing bodies.
- g)Preparing or authorizing all draft laws, as well as the executive decrees, entrusted to it by the Executive Branch.
- h)Authorizing the official editions of any legal text.
- i)Coordinating the plans and programs directed at the development and operation of the civic centers.
(Thus this subsection was added by Article 13, subsection c), of the Civic Centers Creation Law No. 7582 of March 12, 1996) j) Promoting and coordinating plans and programs directed at promoting peace at the national level.
(Thus the preceding subsection was added by Article 1, subsection d) of Law No. 8771 of September 14, 2009) k) Supporting the Ministry of Public Security, from the perspective of violence prevention, in matters related to firearms in the country, as a means of promoting a culture of peace and non-violence.
(Thus the preceding subsection was added by Article 1, subsection d) of Law No. 8771 of September 14, 2009) l) Promoting alternative conflict resolution (resolución alternativa de conflictos) as a way to develop a culture of peace, without prejudice to the other functions established in the Law on Alternative Conflict Resolution and Promotion of Social Peace, No. 7727.
(Thus the preceding subsection was added by Article 1, subsection d) of Law No. 8771 of September 14, 2009) m) Fostering the best inter-institutional coordination to fulfill the mandate of the General Law on Public Spectacles, Audiovisual Materials, and Printed Matter, No. 7440.
(Thus the preceding subsection was added by Article 1, subsection d) of Law No. 8771 of September 14, 2009) n) Promoting the participation of civil society through non-governmental organizations and any other type of organization dedicated to promoting peace and non-violence.
(Thus the preceding subsection was added by Article 1, subsection d) of Law No. 8771 of September 14, 2009) ñ) Any other functions assigned to it by law or decree.
(Thus the preceding subsection was added by Article 1, subsection d) of Law No. 8771 of September 14, 2009) o) Any other functions assigned to it by the Executive Branch, in accordance with the law.
(Thus its numbering was amended by Article 13, subsection d), of the Civic Centers Creation Law No. 7582 of March 12, 1996, which transferred it from the former h) to the current one) (Thus the numbering of the preceding subsection was moved by Article 1, subsection d) of Law No. 8771 of September 14, 2009, which transferred it from the former subsection i) to the current subsection o)) General Provisions