BANK LAW
Updated by means of:
• Reforms contained in Legislative Decree No. 955, dated August 21, 2002, Published in the Official
Gazette on September 25, 2002.
• Reforms approved by the Legislative Assembly to articles 59 (paragraph one), 201 (paragraph
three) and 232, through Legislative Decree No. 492 dated October 27, 2004. (See Reforms on
page 99).
• The constitutional court of the Supreme Court of Justice declared the following articles of the Bank
Law non constitutional: 74; 217 letter a), regarding exceptions; 219, paragraphs 1,2 y 3; 221 and
223; by means of sentence dated December 22, 2004, published in the Official Gazette # 6 of
Monday, January 10, 2005, Volume 366, dated December 22, 2004.
• Reforms approved by the legislative Assembly to articles 217, 221 and 232, through legislative
Decree No. 636, published in the Official Gazette No. 74, Volume 367, dated April 21, 2005.
