Ley 190 de 1995

This law says its purpose is to preserve morality in public administration and set measures to eradicate administrative corruption.

Applicants for public jobs or public service contracts must file a completed standard CV form and later provide background certificates when appointed or signing the contract.

Creates a national personnel information system for public branches, oversight bodies, and the civil registry, and says service contractors’ inclusion does not create an employment link or a special career/benefits regime.

The personnel record of public servants and government contractors must include later changes made throughout the employment or contract period, subject to the regulations.

El jefe de personal de la entidad que reciba una solicitud de empleo debe, dentro de 15 días, velar porque la hoja de vida cumpla todos los requisitos y, si procede, dejar observaciones por escrito.

If a public appointment, taking office, or service contract was made without meeting the required conditions, it must be revoked or ended as soon as the breach is noticed. If false information or fake documents were used in the CV, the responsible person is barred from exercising public functions for 3 years.

A public servant must immediately tell the service entity if an incompatibility or disqualification arises after appointment or taking office.

This article is marked as repealed.

This article is marked as repealed.

Las entidades públicas deben elaborar y mantener un manual de funciones que deje claras las tareas de cada funcionario; las funciones asignadas deben comunicarse a cada empleado.

Article 10 is marked unconstitutional and refers to prior legislation and jurisprudence.

Este artículo fue derogado por el artículo 237 del Decreto 19 de 2012.

Las entidades públicas deben divulgar la identidad de las personas elegidas como mejores empleados, en un lugar público o por medios oficiales de comunicación.

El nombrado debe jurar y declarar sus bienes para poder posesionarse y desempeñar el cargo, y debe actualizar esa información cada año y al retirarse.

La declaración juramentada debe incluir una lista mínima de datos personales, familiares, patrimoniales y financieros, y debe indicar que los bienes y rentas declarados son los únicos que posee el declarante.

Quien aspire a posesión o ejercicio de función pública debe suministrar información sobre su actividad económica privada y comunicar cualquier cambio dentro de dos meses.

La unidad de personal o la dependencia equivalente debe recopilar, clasificar y adjuntar a la hoja de vida la información contenida en las declaraciones previstas por la ley.

This article says the Penal Code will have an Article 59A with the following text.

Public servants covered by Article 123(1) are barred from performing public functions if they are convicted of crimes against state patrimony.

This article amends Article 63 of the Penal Code.

For criminal law purposes, this article defines who counts as a public servant and replaces the term “empleado oficial” with “servidor publico” in the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code.

Article 19 states that Article 133 of the Penal Code will read as follows, but this excerpt does not include the replacement text.

A public servant who appropriates covered state-linked or entrusted property for personal or third-party benefit commits an offence and faces prison, a fine, and disqualification from public rights and functions.

This article says that Article 138 of the Penal Code will be replaced with new text.

A private person who carries out the listed acts over the specified goods is subject to the penalties stated in the earlier articles.

This article says Penal Code Article 140 will be replaced with new text.

A public servant who abuses office or functions to pressure, induce, or ask for an undue payment or benefit commits an offence and faces imprisonment, a fine, and loss of public rights and functions.

This article says that Article 141 of the Penal Code will be replaced with new text.

A public servant who takes money, another benefit, or a promised payment to delay or omit an official act, or to do an act contrary to official duties, is subject to prison, a fine, and loss of public rights and functions.

This article states that article 142 of the Penal Code will be rewritten, but it does not include the new text.

El servidor público no debe aceptar ni recibir dinero, utilidades o promesas remuneratorias vinculadas con actos de sus funciones o con asuntos en los que tenga conocimiento; hacerlo acarrea prisión, multa e inhabilitación.

Article 24 says Article 143 of the Penal Code will be replaced with a new version.

Prohibits giving or offering money or another benefit to a public servant in the cases covered by the two previous articles, and sets criminal penalties.

This article says that article 147 of the Penal Code will be revised.

A person who uses real or simulated influence to obtain money or a gift for themselves or someone else, to secure a benefit from a public official in a matter the official handles or will handle, is subject to prison, a fine, and public-rights disqualification.

For the offense in Article 148 of the Penal Code, the penalty is 2 to 8 years in prison, a fine equal to the value of the enrichment, and disqualification from rights and public functions for the same term as the main penalty.

El artículo indica que el Código Penal tendrá un artículo numerado 148A.

A public servant or a private person acting as an employee, manager, or board/administration member of any public or private entity must not misuse information learned through their functions to gain a benefit for themselves or someone else.

This provision states that article 149 of the Penal Code will be replaced/rewritten.

A public servant who issues a resolution or opinion that is clearly contrary to law commits this offence and faces prison, a fine, and loss of public rights and functions.

Esta disposición indica que el artículo 150 del Código Penal quedará sustituido por el texto que siga, pero aquí no se incluye ese texto.

A public servant who omits, delays, refuses, or denies an official act must face the penalties set out in the previous article.

This article states that Article 151 of the Penal Code will read as follows.

A public servant who illegally advises, counsels, or sponsors someone handling a public matter within that servant’s competence can be punished with prison, a fine, and loss of public rights and functions.

Este artículo indica que el artículo 177 del Código Penal quedará reemplazado por el nuevo texto indicado.

A person who was not part of the underlying crime and acquires, possesses, converts, transfers, or hides illicitly obtained movable or immovable property commits receptación and faces prison and a fine.

For certain crimes against public administration not covered by this law, the fine must be between 10 and 50 current legal monthly minimum wages, set by the judge.

Some disciplinary and fiscal responsibility materials are reserved, but judgments are public. The investigated person may access the investigation from the preliminary stage. Violating the reserve is misconduct.

This article says that Article 569 of the Criminal Procedure Code will read as set out below.

Si una persona está en el exterior y en Colombia ya existe una resolución, acusación firme o condena por un delito con pena mínima de 2 años, el funcionario del proceso debe pedir al Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho que se solicite la extradición.

Cuando un bien registrable sea embargado, secuestrado preventivamente o decomisado, el funcionario competente debe inscribir la medida de inmediato, sin turno ni cobro. Además, la orden de entrega definitiva a particulares sólo se cumple después de quedar ejecutoriada la providencia de consulta.

In public-administration crime cases, the harmed public legal entity must join as a civil party.

Article 52 of the Criminal Procedure Code applies to secure payment of fines when that penalty is provided for.

La regla del artículo 27.1 de la Ley 24 de 1992 se aplica en materia penal y disciplinaria, salvo que haya medios probatorios suficientes para iniciar de oficio.

Las personas bajo inspección, vigilancia o control de la Superintendencia de Valores deben aplicar el régimen previsto para ciertas instituciones financieras y, dentro de 3 meses desde la vigencia de la ley, establecer mecanismos de control y procedimientos específicos.

Las autoridades que reciben certain information must report relevant facts to the Fiscalía; the Superintendencias must assign a control function within 2 months and provide annual reports, and the Government may arrange for collected information to be sent to a designated authority.

Whoever fails to comply with the obligation in the last paragraph of Article 105 of the Financial System Organic Statute is subject to the sanction provided there, without prejudice to any criminal sanction that may also apply.

Si se suministra la información del artículo 40, no hay responsabilidad para la persona jurídica informante ni para sus directivos o empleados.