The Code of Laws and Essential Information

According to the provisions in Articles 5 and 6 of the 2012 Ordinance on Code of Systematized Legal Normative Documents, the Code is structured by topics. Each topic has one or more sections. Within a section, depending on the content, there may be parts, chapters, sections, articles, clauses, and items.

In the Code, sections, parts, chapters, sections, articles, clauses, and items are numbered sequentially. If there is a relation to the content of another part of the Code, it must be cross-referenced.

The articles in the Code are designated to distinguish the types of legal normative documents and are annotated to identify the articles from these documents codified in the system.

The topics in the Code are prescribed and arranged as follows:

1. National security;
2. Insurance;
3. Postal services, telecommunications;
4. Judicial support;
5. Officials and public employees;
6. Social policies;
7. Industry;
8. Population, family, children, gender equality;
9. Civil;
10. Ethnicity;
11. Land;
12. Enterprises, cooperatives;
13. Education, training;
14. Traffic, transportation;
15. Judicial administration;
16. Criminal;
17. Accounting, auditing;
18. Complaints, denouncements;
19. Science, technology;
20. Labor;
21. Environment;
22. Banking, currency;
23. Diplomacy, international treaties;
24. Agriculture, rural areas;
25. National defense;
26. Finance;
27. Resources;
28. Public property, public debt, state reserves;
29. Emulation, commendation, state honorary titles;
30. Enforcement of judgments;
31. Statistics;
32. Information, press, publishing;
33. Taxes, fees, charges, other revenues;
34. Commerce, investment, securities;
35. State organizational apparatus;
36. Political-social organizations, associations;
37. Litigation, and alternative dispute resolution methods;
38. Religion, beliefs;
39. Social order and safety;
40. Mutual judicial assistance;
41. Culture, sports, tourism;
42. Documentation, archives;
43. Construction, housing, urban areas;
44. Legislation and law enforcement;
45. Health, pharmacy.

For more related content, see: 2012 Ordinance on Code of Systematized Legal Normative Documents, effective July 1, 2013.

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