Bill 106.

Summary.

According to its title, the bill concerns transparency of the minutes and other records of the Cabinet Council (CONSEJO DE GABINETE). Its operative provisions focus on paragraph 8 of Article 14 of Law 6 of 2002. Article 1 proposes to delete that paragraph. If enacted, the identified provision would cease to form part of Article 14 of that law. Deletion is the legislative change expressly set out in that article; the bill does not place a replacement paragraph in that position or reproduce the wording of the paragraph it proposes to delete.

Article 2 states that paragraph 8 of Article 14 is amended, identifying the statute on this occasion as Law 6 of January 22, 2002. It refers to the same paragraph and article identified in Article 1, but uses the term “amends” where the preceding article provides for deletion. The bill therefore contains one provision proposing the paragraph’s deletion and another stating that it is amended. Article 2 identifies the affected statute and the location of the amendment within it; the specific legislative operation expressed in the operative text is the deletion provided for in Article 1.

Article 3 provides that the law would take effect on the day following its promulgation in the Official Gazette. This commencement rule is tied to promulgation of the law that would result if the bill were enacted. It applies to the preceding provisions concerning paragraph 8 of Article 14. The commencement provision uses promulgation as its reference point rather than setting a calendar date.

Taken together, the three articles confine the proposed statutory change to a provision of Law 6 of 2002, also described in Article 2 as Law 6 of January 22, 2002. The first article states the deletion, the second declares an amendment to the same provision, and the third sets the date on which the resulting law would take effect. The title connects that legislative change with the minutes and other records of the Cabinet Council (CONSEJO DE GABINETE). The proposal may be of interest to the Cabinet Council as the public institution named in the title and to people who consult public minutes and records, including citizens, legal practitioners, and organizations concerned with access to public information.