Título IV. Régimen financiero y administrativo

The draft budget of the Public Prosecutor's Office shall be sent annually to the Executive for its knowledge and to the Congress of the Republic for its approval and integration into the General Budget of the Nation. The execution of the budget shall be subject to the controls and oversight of the corresponding organs of the State, as established in Article 237 of the Political Constitution of the Republic.

Its global expenditure agreements shall be signed by the Prosecutor General of the Republic and the Treasurer of the Public Prosecutor's Office.

The Public Prosecutor's Office shall have franking privileges in the national mails and telegraphs and shall use common paper in its pleadings, reports and opinions. The certified copies and transcripts of public deeds that it requests shall likewise be issued on plain paper.

The Public Prosecutor's Office has private funds. The party ordered to pay costs in the criminal proceedings shall satisfy them in accordance with the fee schedule and the proceeds thereof shall be paid into the Public Prosecutor's Office to be applied to general expenses of the institution; as well as confiscations of money, in national or foreign currency, seized in the operations, searches and inspections carried out by the institution in actions related to drug trafficking. A special item shall be established with these funds.

The Public Prosecutor's Office shall be administered by an administrative chief, appointed by the Prosecutor General of the Republic, on whom he shall directly depend. He shall have special knowledge in administration and manifest suitability for the office.

He shall carry out all administration and organization tasks of the Public Prosecutor's Office entrusted to him by the Prosecutor General of the Republic, as well as advise him on all administrative and financial problems of the institution, and shall have such support personnel as may be necessary.

The administrative chief shall have charge of the general archive of the institution.

The administrative chief shall organize an office to inform the population and the media about all aspects relating to the institution that are of public relevance, respecting the provisions of Article 7 of this law.

The Prosecutor General of the Republic shall determine the special sections of the Administrative Headquarters and shall regulate their functions.

The Prosecutor General shall also regulate the career of the administrative personnel.