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Secondary Sources Subject Searches: Tax accounting--Law and legislation--Nicaragua.Corporations--Accounting--Law and legislation--Nicaragua.Corporations--Auditing--Law and legislation--Nicaragua.Auditing, Internal--Law and legislation--Nicaragua. Primary Sources [Nicaraguan government auditing norms] Normas de auditoría gubernamental de Nicaragua, Resolution No. DGIDCA/DIDI/OINT/NOR-n.° 01-2023, (20 Apr 2023), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 96, (01 Jun 2023), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2023/6/g96.pdf. Spanish. [External audit standards norm] Norma sobre auditoría externa, Resolution No. CD-SIBOIF-1129-2-SEP10-2019 (10 Sep 2019), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 201 (22 Oct 2019), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2019/10/g201.pdf. Spanish. [Practice of public accountants law] Ley para el ejercicio del contador público, Law No. 6 (14 Apr 1959), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 94 (30 Apr 1959), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/1959/4/g94.pdf. Spanish.
Secondary Sources Arrien Somarriba & Juan Bautista, “Precautionary Protection in the Administrative Litigation of Nicaragua [notes],” Derecho PUCP 81 (2018): 303-340. https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/5966120. Subject Searches: Administrative law--Nicaragua.Administrative procedure--Nicaragua. Primary Sources [Law of the Nicaraguan legal digest of administrative matters] Ley del digesto jurídico Nicaragüense de la materia administrativa, Law No. 1075, La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 170 (21 Sep 2023), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2023/9/g170.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Consolidated, Political Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua, Title IX: political-administrative division] Constitución Política de la República de Nicaragua, Título IX: división política administrativa, La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 181 (28 Sep 2022), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2022/9/g181.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. Translated: -- Nicaragua's Constitution of 1987 with Amendments through 2014, Constitute, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Nicaragua_2014.pdf. English. -- “Nicaragua,” in World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline). http://heinonline.org. English. Updated to 2021. -- “Political Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua: November 19, 1986 (as Amended to January 29, 2014),” in Oxford Constitutional Law (Oxford University Press). https://oxcon-ouplaw-com. English. [Consolidated text, law of municipalities] Texto consolidado, ley de municipios (26 Nov 2020), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 189 (13 Oct 2021), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2021/10/g189.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Consolidated text, political administrative division law] Texto consolidado, ley de división política administrativa (29 Nov 2020), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 189 (13 Oct 2021), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2021/10/g189.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Text of Law No. 606, organic law of the legislative branch of the Republic of Nicaragua, with its incorporated amendments] Texto de ley No. 606, Ley orgánica del poder legislativo de la República de Nicaragua, con sus reformas incorporadas, Law No. 606 (08 Oct 2021), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 58 (25 Mar 2021), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2022/3/g58.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Law for the simplification of procedures and services in the public administration] Ley de simplificación de trámites y servicios en la administración pública, Law No. 691 (30 Jul 2009) La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 144 (03 Aug 2009), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2009/8/g144.pdf. Spanish. [Law regulating the jurisdiction of administrative litigation] Ley de regulación de la jurisdicción de lo contencioso administrativo, Law No. 350 (18 May 2000), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 140-141 (25–26 Jul 2000), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2000/7/g140.pdf. Spanish.
Secondary Sources Subject Searches: Maritime law--Nicaragua.Admiralty--Nicaragua.Foreign trade regulation--Law and legislation--Nicaragua.Law of the sea--Nicaragua. Primary Sources [To guarantee the safety of navigation and preservation of human life in the navigable waterways all vessels and naval artifacts of steel and naval aluminum construction shall in their registration or navigation permits management process, or every three years, be subject to hull inspection] Para garantizar la seguridad de la navegación y preservación de la vida humana en las vías acuáticas navegables todos los buques y artefactos navales de construcción de acero y aluminio naval deberán en su proceso de gestión de matrícula o permisos de navegación, o cada tres año, ser objeto de inspección del casco, Resolución DGTA N°. 003-2022 (02 Feb 2022), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 159 (30 Aug 2023), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2023/8/g159.pdf. Spanish. [Prohibiting all vessels from discharging untreated dirty waters or in unestablished aquatic spaces, oily waters or substances in the maritime, fluvial and lacustrine waterways of the national territory] Se prohíbe a todos los buques la descarga de aguas sucias no tratadas o en los espacios acuáticos no establecidos, aguas o sustancias oleosas en las vías de navegación marítima, fluvial y lacustre del territorio nacional, Resolution DGTA N°. 012-2023 (28 May 2023), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 154 (23 Aug 2023), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2023/8/g154.pdf. Spanish. [Standard of maritime safety and navigation equipment on board of ships and small vessels engaged in cargo, passenger, fishing and recreational activities in national waters] Norma de equipamiento de seguridad marítima y de navegación a bordo de los buques y embarcaciones menores que realizan actividades de transporte de carga, pasajeros, pesca y recreo en aguas nacionales, Resolution DGTA N°. 011-2023, (15 May 2023), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 154 (13 Aug 2023), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2023/8/g154.pdf. Spanish. [Nicaraguan legal digest on transportation matters] Ley del digesto jurídico Nicaragüense de la materia de transporte, Law No. 1036 (02 Sep 2020), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 17 (26 Jan 2021), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2021/1/g17.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. Modifies: [Maritime transport] Ley de tansporte acuático, Ley No. 399 (04 Jul 2001), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 166, (03 Sep 2001), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2001/9/g166.pdf. Spanish. [Shipwreck removal law] Ley sobre remoción de naufragios, Law No. 384 (27 Feb 2001), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 71 (17 Apr 2001), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2001/4/g71.pdf. Spanish. [Commercial Code of the Republic of Nicaragua, Book III: maritime commerce] Código de comercio de la República de Nicaragua, Libro III: del comercio marítimo (30 Apr 1914), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 248 (30 Oct 1916), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/normaweb.nsf/9e314815a08d4a6206257265005d21f9/d0b698c7b047db6306257863007bb996?OpenDocument. Spanish. Translated: -- Commercial Code of the Republic of Nicaragua, Vlex (subscription database), http://ni.vlex.com/vid/codigo-comercio-republica-nicaragua-705265169. English. Vlex offers an automatically generated translation function). -- Commercial Code of Nicaragua and Selected Commercial Statutes of Nicaragua, Julio Romañach, translator (Baton Rouge, LA: Lawrence Publishing Company, 2022). English. -- “Commercial Code,” in RIA Worldwide Tax & Commercial Law – Latin America (Checkpoint). https://checkpoint-riag-com. English. Updated as of April 2006. [Nicaraguan maritime boundaries law] Ley de espacios marítimos de Nicaragua, Law No. 420 (15 Mar 2002), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 57 (22 Mar 2002), https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/nic138537.pdf. Spanish. [Decree on the baselines of the maritime boundaries of the Republic of Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea] Líneas de base de los espacios marítimos de la República de Nicaragua en el mar Caribe, Decreto No. 33-2013 (9 Aug 2013), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 161 (27 Aug 2013),https://www.fao.org/faolex/results/details/fr/c/LEX-FAOC138537/. Spanish. Amended by: [Decree modifying the Decree on maritime boundaries) Decreto No. 17-2018, Modifica el Decreto No. 33-2013, Líneas de base de los espacios marítimos de la República de Nicaragua en el mar Caribe, Presidential Decree No. 17-2018 (10 Oct 2018), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 204 (23 Oct 2018), https://www.fao.org/faolex/results/details/fr/c/LEX-FAOC180737. Spanish.
Secondary Sources Subject Searches: Aeronautics, Commercial--Nicaragua.Aeronautics--Law and legislation--Nicaragua. Primary Sources Ley de creación de la Secretaría Nacional para Asuntos del Espacio Ultraterrestre, la Luna y Otros Cuerpos Celestes, Law No. 1064 (17 Feb 2021), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 35 (19 Feb 2021), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2021/2/g35.pdf. Spanish. [General civil aeronautics law] Ley general de aeronáutica civil, Law No. 595 (03 Aug 2006), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 193 (05 Oct 2006), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2006/10/g193.pdf. Spanish. Modified by: -- [Law of the Nicaraguan legal digest on transportation matters] Ley del digesto jurídico Nicaragüense de la materia de transporte, Law No. 1036 (02 Sep 2020), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 17 (26 Jan 2021), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2021/1/g17.pdf. Spanish. -- [Law on amendments and additions to Law No. 595, general civil aviation law] Ley de reformas y adiciones a la Ley No. 595, ley general de aeronáutca civil, Law No. 988 (06 Mar 2019), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 47 (08 Mar 2019), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2019/3/g47.pdf. Spanish.
Secondary Sources Thomas T. Ankersen, “Turtles Without Borders: The International and Domestic Law Basis for the Shared Conservation, Management, and Use of Sea Turtles in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama,” Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 18, 1 (2015): 1-62. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13880292.2014.957027. Subject Searches: Animal welfare--Law and legislation--Nicaragua.Farm management--Nicaragua.Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects--Nicaragua.Animal rights--Nicaragua. Primary Sources [Consolidated text, basic animal health law] Texto consolidado, Ley básica de salud animal, Law No. 148 (10 Aug 2021), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 148 (10 Aug 2021), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2021/8/g148.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Civil Code of the Republic of Nicaragua, Book II, Title III, Chapter II: occupation of animals] Código Civil de la República de Nicaragua, Cuarta Edición Oficial 2019, Libro II, Título III, Capítulo II: de la ocupación de los animales, La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 236 (11 Dec 2019), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2019/12/g236.pdf. Spanish. Translated: -- Civil Code of the Republic of Nicaragua, Vlex (subscription database), http://ni.vlex.com/vid/codigo-civil-republica-nicaragua-830489309. English. Vlex offers an automatically generated translation function. -- Civil Code of Nicaragua, Julio Romañach, translator (Baton Rouge, LA: Lawrence Publishing Company, 2022). English. [Law for the protection and welfare of domestic and domesticated wild animals] Ley para la protección y el bienestar de los animals domésticos y animals silvestres domesticados, Law No. 747, (11 May 2011), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 96 (26 May 2011), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2011/5/g96.pdf. Spanish. Repeals: [Code for the defense and protection of animals] Código de defensa y protección de animales (10 Dec. 1940), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 3 (07 Jan 1941), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/1941/1/g3.pdf. Spanish. [Criminal Code, Book II, Title XV, Chapter IV: animal abuse] Código penal, Libro II, Título XV, capítulo IV: maltrato a animales, Law No. 641, La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 83-87 (05-09 May 2008), http://digesto.asamblea.gob.ni/consultas/util/pdf.php?type=rdd&rdd=6ZiDB0Uav%2Bs%3D. Spanish. Translated: Criminal Code, Vlex (subscription database), http://ni.vlex.com/vid/codigo-penal-706334833. English. Vlex offers an automatically generated translation function. This version incorporates the most recent reforms.
Secondary Sources Subject Searches: Antitrust law--Nicaragua.Competition--Nicaragua.Monopolies--Nicaragua. Primary Sources [Consolidated text, competition promotion law] Texto consolidado, ley de promoción de la competencia, Law No. 601 (25 Nov 2021), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 137 (26 Jul 2022), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2022/7/g137.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. Modified by: [Amending Law No. 601, Law for the promotion of competition] Ley de reforma a la Ley No. 601, Ley de promoción de la competencia, Law No. 1150 (19 Apr 2023), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 68 (20 Apr 2023), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2023/4/g68.pdf. Spanish.
Secondary Sources Sarah Yance, “Blending the Law, the Individual, and Traditional Values to Create an Effective ADR System: A Study on the ADR Processes in Rwanda and Nicaragua,” Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal 14, 3 (2014): 311-334. https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/drlj/vol14/iss3/1. Subject Searches: Commercial arbitration--Nicaragua.Arbitration and award--Nicaragua. Primary Sources [Mediation and arbitration law] Ley de mediación y arbitraje, Law No. 540 (25 May 2005), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 122 (24 Jun 2005), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2005/6/g122.pdf. Spanish.
Secondary Sources Subject Searches: Law and art--Nicaragua. Primary Sources [Law of the Nicaraguan legal digest on the subject of culture] Ley del digesto jurídico Nicaragüense de la materia de cultura, Law No. 1032 (25 Jun 2020), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 232 (16 Dec 2020), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2020/12/g232.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Consolidated text, law on cinematography and the audiovisual arts] Texto consolidado, ley de cinematografía y de las artes audiovisuales, Law No. 723 (25 Jun 2020), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 232 (16 Dec 2020), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2020/12/g232.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Consolidated text, law declaring monumental works of art to be national cultural heritage] Texto consolidado, ley que declara partrimonio cultural de la la nacion, obras de arte monumental, Law No. 90 (25 Jun 2020), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 232 (16 Dec 2020), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2020/12/g232.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Law declaring February 26 as the national day of Nicaraguan arts and popular culture] Ley que declara el 26 de febrero como dia nacional de las artes y cultura popular Nicaragüense, (25 Feb 2020), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 38 (26 Feb 2020), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2020/2/g38.pdf. Spanish. [Law for the promotion of national artistic expressions and the protection of Nicaraguan artists] Ley de promoción a las expresiones artísticas nacionales y de protección a los artistas Nicaragüenses, Law No. 215 (25 Jun 2020), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 232 (16 Dec 2020), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2020/12/g232.pdf. Spanish.
Secondary Sources Subject Searches: Bankruptcy--Nicaragua. Primary Sources [Civil Code of the Republic of Nicaragua, Articles 2239, 2335, 2355] Código Civil de la República de Nicaragua, Artículos 2239, 2335, 2355, La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 236 (11 Dec 2019), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2019/12/g236.pdf. Spanish. Translated: -- Civil Code of the Republic of Nicaragua, Vlex (subscription database), http://ni.vlex.com/vid/codigo-civil-republica-nicaragua-830489309. English. Vlex offers an automatically generated translation function). -- Civil Code of Nicaragua, Julio Romañach, translator (Baton Rouge, LA: Lawrence Publishing Company, 2022). English. [Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of Nicaragua, Articles 500-501] Código Procesal Civil de la República de Nicaragua, Artículos 500-501, Law No. 902, (04 Jun 2015), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 191 (10 Sep 2015), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2015/10/g191.pdf. Spanish. Modified by: -- [Law amending Law No. 902, Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of Nicaragua] Ley de reforma a la Ley No. 902, Código Procesal Civil de la República de Nicaragua, Law No. 946, (05 Apr 2017), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 69 (07 Apr 2017), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2017/4/g69.pdf. Spanish. -- [Law amending Law No. 902, Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of Nicaragua] Ley de reforma a la Ley No. 902, Código Procesal Civil de la República de Nicaragua, Law No. 933, (24 Aug 2016), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 175 (20 Sep 2016), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2016/9/g175.pdf. Spanish. Translated: Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Nicaragua, Vlex (subscription database), http://ni.vlex.com/vid/codigo-procesal-civil-republica-645251649. English. Vlex offers an automatically generated translation function. This version does not incorporate the modifications issued in 2016 and 2017. [Commercial Code of the Republic of Nicaragua, Book I: trade in general and merchants and intermediary trade agents] Código de comercio de la República de Nicaragua, Libro I: del comercio en general y de los comerciantes y agentes intermediaries del comercio, Artículos 1062 -1149 (30 Apr 1914), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 248 (30 Oct 1916), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/normaweb.nsf/9e314815a08d4a6206257265005d21f9/d0b698c7b047db6306257863007bb996?OpenDocument. Spanish. Translated: -- Commercial Code of the Republic of Nicaragua, Vlex (subscription database), http://ni.vlex.com/vid/codigo-comercio-republica-nicaragua-705265169. English. Vlex offers an automatically generated translation function). -- Commercial Code of Nicaragua and Selected Commercial Statutes of Nicaragua, Julio Romañach, translator (Baton Rouge, LA: Lawrence Publishing Company, 2022). English. -- “Commercial Code,” in RIA Worldwide Tax & Commercial Law – Latin America (Checkpoint). https://checkpoint-riag-com. English. Updated as of April 2006.
Secondary Sources Subject Searches: Banking law--Nicaragua.Financial institutions--Law and legislation--Nicaragua.Banks and banking, Foreign--Law and legislation--Nicaragua.Nonbank financial institutions--Law and legislation--Nicaragua. Primary Sources [Text of the law of the financial analysis unit, with its incorporated amendments] Texto de la ley de la unidad de análisis financiero, con sus reformas incorporadas, La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 190 (07 Oct 2019), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2019/10/g190.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Law of the Nicaraguan legal digest of banking and finance matters] Ley del digesto jurídico Nicaragüense de la materia de banca y finanzas, Law No. 974 (10 May 2018), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 164 (27 Aug 2018), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2018/8/g164.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. Modified by: [Law updating the Nicaraguan legal digest on banking and finance matters] Ley de actualzación del digesto jurídico Nicaragüense de la materia de banca y finanzas, Law No. 980 (25 Sep 2018), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 200 (17 Oct 2018), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2018/10/g200.pdf. Spanish. [Consolidated text, Law for the promotion and regulation of microfinance] Texto consolidado, ley de fomento y regulación de las microfinanzas, Law No. 769 (10 May 2018), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 164 (27 Aug 2018), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2018/8/g164.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Consolidated text, general law on banks, non-bank financial institutions and financial groups] Texto consolidado, ley general de bancos, instituciones financieras no bancarias y grupos financieros, Law No. 561 (10 May 2018), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 164 (27 Aug 2018), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2018/8/g164.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. Modified by: [Amending Law No. 561, general law on banks, non-banking financial institutions and financial groups] Ley de reforma a la Ley No. 561, ley general de bancos, instituciones financieras no bancarias y grupos financieros, Law No. 1078 (24 Aug 2021), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 160 (26 Aug 2021), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2021/8/g160.pdf. Spanish. [Consolidated text, law regulating loans between individuals] Texto consolidado, Ley reguladora de préstamos entre particulares, Law No. 176, (10 May 2018), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 164 (27 Aug 2018), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2018/8/g164.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Consolidated text, superintendency of banks and other financial institutions] Texto consolidado, ley de la superintendencia de bancos y de otras instituciones financieras, Law No. 316 (10 May 2018), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 164 (27 Aug 2018), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2018/8/g164.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. Modified by: [Law amending Law No. 316, law on the superintendency of banks and other financial institutions] Ley de reforma a la Ley No. 316, ley de superintendencia de bancos y de otras instituciones financieras, Law No. 1080 (24 Aug 2021), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 160 (26 Aug 2021), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2021/8/g160.pdf. Spanish. [Consolidated text, capital markets] Texto consolidado, ley de mercado de capitales, Law No. 587, (10 May 2018),La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 164 (27 Aug 2018), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2018/8/g164.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. Modified by: [Amending Law No. 587, capital markets law] Ley de reforma a la ley No. 587, ley de mercado de capitales, Law No. 1079 (24 Aug 2021), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 160 (26 Aug 2021), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2021/8/g160.pdf. Spanish. [Consolidated text, promotion and regulation of credit card usage] Texto consolidado, ley de promoción y ordenamiento del uso de tarjeta de crédito, Law No. 515 (10 May 2018),La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 164 (27 Aug 2018), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2018/8/g164.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. [Consolidated text, deposit guarantee system] Texto consolidado, Ley del sistema de garantía de depósitos, Law No. 551 (10 May 2018), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 164 (27 Aug 2018), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2018/8/g164.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. Modified by: [Law amending Law No. 551, deposit guarantee system law] Ley de reforma a la Ley No. 551, ley del sistema de garantía de depósitos, Law No. 1022 (12 Mar 2020), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 59 (26 Mar 2020), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2020/3/g59.pdf. Spanish. [Consolidated text, organic law of the Central Bank of Nicaragua] Texto consolidado, ley orgánica del Banco Central de Nicaragua, Law No. 732 (10 May 2018), La Gaceta, Diario Oficial, No. 164 (27 Aug 2018), http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/gacetas/2018/8/g164.pdf. Consolidated. Spanish. Translated:Commercial Code of Nicaragua and selected commercial statutes of Nicaragua, Julio Romañach, translator (Baton Rouge, LA: Lawrence Publishing Company, 2022). Appendices provide English translations of the Law of Movable Securities; the Law of Negotiable Instruments; and selected provisions of the Water Transportation Law.