Constitución en Inglés

150 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 The law shall determine the organization of the police corps. The National Police is a permanent armed civilian body of the national level, whose primary purpose is to maintain the conditions necessary for the exercise of public rights and freedoms and to ensure that the inhabitants of Colombia may live together in peace. The law shall determine the career, benefits, and disciplinary regime that pertain to it. The public force is not deliberative: it shall not be able to assemble except by order of legitimate authority nor direct petitions except on matters connected with the service and morale of the respective corps and in accordance with law. Members of the public force may not exercise their right to vote while they are in active service nor take part in activities or debates of parties or political movements. Members of the public force may not be deprived of their ranks, awards, or pensions except in cases and in the manner determined by law. Punishable acts committed by the members of the public force in active service, and in relation to this service, will be judged by martial courts and military tribunals, according to the provisions of the Military Penal Code. Such courts or tribunals will be composed of members of the public force in active or retired service. In the investigation and trial of punishable acts committed by members of the public force that are related to an armed conflict or clash that meets the objective conditions of International ARTICLE 219 ARTICLE 220 ARTICLE 221 ARTICLE 218