Translating El Salvador's proposed #LeyBitcoin #BitcoinLaw.
A #Bitcoin Law ๐งต ๐๐
A #Bitcoin Law ๐งต ๐๐
https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1402442597235310596
Legislative Assembly of the Republic of El Salvador
Considering:
1. Conforming to article 102 of the Constitution of the Republic, The State is responsible for protecting private enterprise (private sector), generate necessary conditions to grow the national wealth at the...
Considering:
1. Conforming to article 102 of the Constitution of the Republic, The State is responsible for protecting private enterprise (private sector), generate necessary conditions to grow the national wealth at the...
benefit of greatest number of habitants.
2. That under the Legislative Decree 201, published in the official Diary # 241, volume 349 dated 22 Dec, 2000, adopted the US dollar as the legal tender.
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2. That under the Legislative Decree 201, published in the official Diary # 241, volume 349 dated 22 Dec, 2000, adopted the US dollar as the legal tender.
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3. That approximately 70% of the population does not have access to traditional banking services (!!!)
4. That it's The State's duty to facilitate financial inclusion of its citizens with the goal of better guaranteeing their rights
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4. That it's The State's duty to facilitate financial inclusion of its citizens with the goal of better guaranteeing their rights
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5. That w/ the objective of pushing economic growth of the country, it is necessary to authorize the circulation of a digital currency whose value is determined exclusively by free markets, in order to grow the national wealth to the benefit of the greatest number of habitants
6. That given the prior considerations it is imperative to release the basic rules that will regulate the legal course of #Bitcoin
THEREFORE, Decree the following BITCOIN LAW
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THEREFORE, Decree the following BITCOIN LAW
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General Dispositions
Article 1. The present law's objective is to regulate bitcoin as legal tender, unrestricted, with liberating power, unlimited for any transaction, for any person, public or private who wants to transact. (people or companies)
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Article 1. The present law's objective is to regulate bitcoin as legal tender, unrestricted, with liberating power, unlimited for any transaction, for any person, public or private who wants to transact. (people or companies)
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The previously mentioned is without prejudice to the application of the Law of Monetary Integration
Art 2. The exchange rate between bitcoin and USD will be determined by the free market
Art 3. Any price can be expressed in bitcoin (unit of account)
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Art 2. The exchange rate between bitcoin and USD will be determined by the free market
Art 3. Any price can be expressed in bitcoin (unit of account)
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Art 4. Any taxes can be paid in bitcoin (!!!)
Art 5. Any transactions/exchanges in/out of bitcoin will not be subject to capital gains, as is the case with any other legal currency (!!!)
Art 6. For accounting purposes, USD will be used as reference
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Art 5. Any transactions/exchanges in/out of bitcoin will not be subject to capital gains, as is the case with any other legal currency (!!!)
Art 6. For accounting purposes, USD will be used as reference
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Art 7. Every economic agent shall accept bitcoin as a payment method for anyone demands it after acquiring a good or service
Art 8. Without prejudice that impact the private sector, The State will provide alternatives that permit the user to transact in bitcoin, ...
Art 8. Without prejudice that impact the private sector, The State will provide alternatives that permit the user to transact in bitcoin, ...
and will facilitate the automatic and instantaneous conversion between bitcoin and dollars whenever desired. The State will promote training and mechanisms necessary so the population can learn how to transact in bitcoin.
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Art 9. The limitations and functionality of the alternatives for automatic and instantaneous conversion of bitcoin to USD provided by The State will be specified in the Rules that the service is released.
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Art 10. The Executive Organ will create the necessary structure to apply this law.
Art 11. The Central Reserve Bank and the Financial System Superintendent will emit the corresponding norms within the period mentioned in Art 16 of the present law.
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Art 11. The Central Reserve Bank and the Financial System Superintendent will emit the corresponding norms within the period mentioned in Art 16 of the present law.
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Art 12. Excluded of the obligations expressed in Art 7 of the present law, those who evidently don't have access to the required technologies that permits them to execute bitcoin transactions. The State will promote the training & necessary mechanisms so the population...
transact in bitcoin.
Art 13. All existing obligations expressed in dollars, existing prior to the start of the present law, will also be payable in bitcoin.
Art 14. Before this law starts, The State will guarantee an escrow in the Growth Bank of El Salvador (BANDESAL),...
Art 13. All existing obligations expressed in dollars, existing prior to the start of the present law, will also be payable in bitcoin.
Art 14. Before this law starts, The State will guarantee an escrow in the Growth Bank of El Salvador (BANDESAL),...
to facilitate the automatic and instantaneous conversion from bitcoin to dollar as required by Art 8.
Art 15. The present law will have special character of application with respect to other laws that regulate subjects, this law shall take precedence.
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Art 15. The present law will have special character of application with respect to other laws that regulate subjects, this law shall take precedence.
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Art 16. The present decree will commence 90 days after its publication in the Official Diary.
Given in the Blue Room of the Legislative Palace, San Salvador, on the 8th day of June, 2021.
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Given in the Blue Room of the Legislative Palace: San Salvador, 8th of June, 2021.
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