(Thus its numbering run by article 2 of law No. 4341 of June 3, 1969, which transferred it from the old article 175 to the current 176) (Thus its numbering run by article 4 of law No. 4341 of June 3, 1969, which transferred it from the old article 176 to the current 192) (Thus its numbering run by article 1 of law No. 4794 of July 16, 1971, which transferred it from the old article 192 to the current 197)
I.- (Article 97).- The Supreme Electoral Tribunal shall make the call for the 1953 elections, in the first fifteen days of January of that year.
II.- (Article 98).- The President of the Republic, the Vice Presidents, the Deputies, and the Councilors (Regidores) who result elected in the 1953 elections shall exercise their positions for four and a half years, as provided in the Transitory Provisions of the Political Constitution, numbers VII (article 116) and XVI (article 171), respectively.
III.- For the 1953 elections, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is empowered to order the transfer of national and municipal ballot boxes from the Receiving Boards to its own headquarters in the Capital of the Republic, dispensing in this regard with the provisions contained in articles 42, 45, 48, 121, subsection p), 122, 123, 124, 150, subsection e), of the Electoral Code, in cases where the districts or hamlets in which such Boards are located have easier access to the Capital of the Republic than to the respective cantonal capital.
The transfer of these documents must be carried out, when feasible, by the same Receiving Boards, or failing that, by persons designated and duly accredited by the same Tribunal. The Party Prosecutors (Fiscales) shall have the same right to accompany the Boards in the transport of the electoral documents to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, which, in turn, shall take the security measures it deems appropriate in this regard.
As soon as it is possible, the Tribunal shall conduct a study of the situation of the Receiving Boards that are in the case referred to in this article, and by simple agreements, shall order the transfer of their documentation in the manner determined.
(NOTE from Sinalevi: Through article 3 of law No. 2169 of October 15, 1953, the validity of this transitory article was maintained for the 1958 presidential elections) (NOTE from Sinalevi: Through article 5 of law No. 3556 of October 25, 1965, the previous transitory was again given validity for the 1966 presidential elections) IV.- Notwithstanding the provisions of article 64 of this Code, the deadline for the registration of parties that are to participate at provincial or cantonal levels shall expire on the last day of February 1953. -The registration of the candidacies of those parties may be made fifteen days after the aforementioned day.
V.- In applications for the transfer and duplicate of an identity card (cédula de identidad), proof of birth shall not be required, provided that the respective application does not entail modification of the General Registry (Padrón General). This provision shall govern in the current electoral process.
(Note from Sinalevi: Through the single article of law No. 7094 of May 27, 1988, the following transitory is added, which provides:
"...Transitory III.- For the 1990 electoral process, parties registered on a national scale may hold national conventions or any other activity to designate or elect candidates for the Presidency at any date. In that sense, they shall depart from what is indicated to the effect in article 74, although they must comply with all other provisions established to regulate the internal processes of candidate selection.") Presidential House. San José, on the tenth day of the month of December of nineteen hundred and fifty-two.
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