Likewise, the officials and employees of the Comptroller General's Office of the Republic and of the Ministry of Finance, appointed before September 14, 1959, shall be protected.
The current officials and employees of the Legislative Assembly, the Comptroller General's Office of the Republic, and the Ministry of Finance appointed in any State dependency before the indicated date shall also be included in the provisions of this law.
(Through Article 1 of Law No. 5637 of December 9, 1974, the previous paragraph 2 was amended. Subsequently, the two previous paragraphs were amended, as seen, through Article 1 of Law No. 5922 of October 20, 1977).
(Note: Through norm 48 of Article 9 of Law No. 6700 of December 23, 1981, the two previous paragraphs were amended as follows: "Likewise, the officials and employees of the Comptroller General's Office of the Republic and of the Ministry of Finance, appointed before September 14, 1969, shall be protected. The officials and employees of the Legislative Assembly, the Comptroller General's Office of the Republic, and the Ministry of Finance, appointed in any State dependency before the indicated date, shall also be included in the provisions of this law". Subsequently, through vote No. 02136 of October 23, 1991, the Constitutional Chamber declared norm 48 of Article 9 of Law No. 6700 null).
The officials or employees who have contributed to this regime may continue contributing, availing themselves of this law, even if they have ceased in the exercise of their functions.
Persons who have held the position of legislator, prior to its enactment on August 23, 1943, may avail themselves of the benefits of this law in proportion to the number of years served to the State.
(Thus the previous paragraph was added through Article 1 of Law No. 5716 of July 18, 1975).
(Note: Through norm 69 of Article 9 of Law No. 6831 of December 23, 1982, the following paragraph was added to this article: "Likewise, the employees and officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the General Directorate of Civil Service, and the National Printing Office may avail themselves of the benefits of this law". Subsequently, said addition was repealed by Article 10 of Law No. 6870 of May 18, 1983. Later, the cited paragraph was amended through Article 36 of Law No. 6963 of July 31, 1984, but through vote No. 02136 of October 23, 1991, the Constitutional Chamber declared said Article 36 null).
(Note: Through Article 44 of Law No. 6975 of November 30, 1984, the following paragraph was added to this article: "The officials and employees who entered the Hacienda Pensions Regime (Régimen de Pensiones de Hacienda), covered by Law No. 4156 of July 19, 1968, and who have been contributing to that regime uninterruptedly since then, may avail themselves of the pension upon completing thirty years of service, regardless of their age." Subsequently, through vote No. 02136 of October 23, 1991, the Constitutional Chamber declared Article 44 of Law No. 6975 null).
(Thus this Article 14 was added through Article 1 of Law No. 4156 of July 19, 1968.)
(Thus totally amended by Article 1 of Law No. 5207 of July 23, 1973).
(Sinalevi Notes:
1. Through Article 1 transitory of Law No. 4156 of July 19, 1968, the following is established: "Regarding the officials and employees referred to in Article 14 that is incorporated by this law into Law No. 148 of August 23, 1943, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social) shall exclude them from its Disability, Old Age, and Death Regime.
Within a period of one year from the effective date of this law, the Ministry of Finance and the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social) shall proceed to carry out the corresponding actuarial settlement motivated by the segregation of the group of workers who separate from the Disability, Old Age, and Death Regime administered by the cited institution.
Within this settlement, the cost of the protection already granted in the concept of Disability and Death, the cost of the pensions in course of payment, and the administrative expenses that the Institution has incurred since the founding of the aforementioned Regime, in the corresponding proportion, shall be recognized to the Fund (Caja). The sums that, according to the settlement, the Fund (Caja) must reimburse to the insured and to the State in its capacity as such and as employer, shall remain in the mentioned Institution as an extraordinary credit against the State's debt to the Fund (Caja)". Subsequently, through Article 9 of Law No. 5073 of September 20, 1972, the following paragraph is added to Article 1 transitory of Law No. 4156: "The employee contributions that the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social) applies to the State's debt, as an extraordinary credit, shall be considered as contributions of the workers to the Hacienda Pensions System").
2. Through Article 1 of Law No. 4504 of December 16, 1969, this article is interpreted "in the sense that the officials and employees of the former Cell Tax Office of Direct Taxation Income, who moved with the same functions, first to the National Electoral Tribunal, and later to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, are included in this article").
3. Through Article 1 of Law No. 6741 of May 4, 1982, the following is indicated: "The proprietary magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and those who have served that position for more than 10 years may avail themselves of the benefits of Law No. 148 of August 23, 1943, and its amendments.
Likewise, the officials and employees of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the Civil Registry, with more than ten years of service, may do so").
4. Through Article 44 of Law No. 6815 of September 27, 1982, the following is established: "The officials and employees of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic shall be protected by the provisions of this law, provided they have served in that Institution for more than ten years uninterruptedly").