- a)The second paragraph of Article 21 of the Ley Especial sobre Jurisdicción de los Tribunales, No. 5711 of June 27, 1975, amended by Article 6 of law No. 6726 of March 10, 1982, so that it reads as follows:
"In matters of extradition, the provisions of the respective law shall apply." b) The second paragraph of Article 20 of the Ley Reguladora de la Jurisdicción Contencioso Administrativa, No. 3667 of March 20, 1966, so that it reads as follows:
(Corrected the preceding subsection by means of Errata Sheet and published in the Colección de Leyes y Decretos of 1989 II Semester I Volume Page 25. Previously the wording of this subsection indicated: “b) The second paragraph of Article 20 of the Ley Reguladora de la Jurisdicción Contencioso Administratva, No. 3667 of March 20, 1966, so that it reads as follows:”) "2. They may also be so, for reasons of constitutionality, the laws and other normative provisions and the acts of the Public Administration, for the purposes of the corresponding unconstitutionality action." c) Article 490 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to which a subsection 6) is added that shall read as follows:
"6) When it has not been imposed through due process or opportunity for defense." ch) Article 45 of the Constitutive Law of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, No. 17 of October 22, 1943, and its amendments, which shall read as follows:
"Article 45: It constitutes improper withholding and, consequently, the penalty established in Article 216 of the Penal Code shall be imposed on anyone who fails to pay over to the Caja the amount of the employee contribution (cuota obrera) established in Article 30 of this law.
In the case of the preventative measure indicated in the last paragraph of Article 223 of the Penal Code, the employer may offer sufficient real guarantee for the amount of the employee contributions (cuotas obreras) withheld.
A fine of thirty to one hundred eighty days shall be applied to the employer who fails to deduct the employee contribution (cuota obrera) that Article 30 of this law establishes. If the employer is a legal entity, the obligation shall fall upon its legal representative. The employer must be warned by the Head of the Department of Collection Management and Credits of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social so that, within the fifth day, counted from receipt of the notice, they deposit in favor of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social the amount of the contributions not withheld.
(Corrected the preceding paragraph by means of Errata Sheet and published in the Colección de Leyes y Decretos of 1989 II Semester I Volume Page 25. Previously the wording of this paragraph indicated: “A fine of thirty to one hundred eighty days shall be applied to the employer who fails to deduct the employee contribution that Article 30 of this law establishes. If the employer is a legal entity, the obligation shall fall upon its legal representative. The employer must be warned by the head of the department of Collection Management and Credits of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social so that, within the fifth day, counted from receipt of the notice, they deposit in favor of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social the amount of the contributions not withheld.”) Once that period has elapsed without the payment being made, the fact shall be reported to the Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Público) for the respective charge to be made.
The employer who carries out maneuvers, false declarations, or any other acts or omissions aimed at defrauding the interests of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, regarding its contributions, shall be sanctioned with a penalty of sixty to three hundred days fine."