Law Decree Nº30, Cuban Award Regulations

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LAW DECREE Nº 30

STATE COUNCIL

FIDEL CASTRO RUZ, President of the State Council of Cuba.

I let know that the State Council has agreed to the following :

1. That the Law Nº 17, of June 28, 1978, establishes the rules for the System of Awards and Honorific Titles of the Republic of Cuba;

2. Before passing the latter law, some legal texts that were used to create Orders and Medals were valid, and some of them shall remain.

3. It is necessary to establish the awards structure to which the latter numeral related to Law Nº 17 refers, to have the new and future awards that shall be created, integrated and united to System of Awards and Honorific Titles of the Republic of Cuba.

4. The State Council, supported by the established in the quoted law has proposed creation of Orders, Medals, honorific Titles and Distinctions, the organisms of the Central Administration of the State, the Workers´ Central of Cuba, the National Syndicates, the Union of Communist Youth, The Federation of Cuban Women, the National Association of Small Farmers, the National Directorate of the Revolution Defence Committees and other entities and organizations.

5. The State Council, according to the Unique Transitory Rule of the mentioned Law Nº 17, must quote about awards, honorific titles and distinctions.

6. The State Council, considering the latter, must determine the awards and honorific titles which will be part of the System and the hierarchy order between them, as well as the distinctions which must be awarded by politic, social and mass entities and organizations.

7. The State Council, according to the attributions given by the Paragraph c) of Article Nº. 88 of the Constitution and by the quoted in Law Nº 17 of the System of Awards and Honorific Titles of the Republic of Cuba, decides to pass the following:

LAW DECREE Nº. 30

CHAPTER I. ABOUT AWARDS, HONORIFIC TITLES AND DISTINCTIONS

ARTICLE 1. The awards, honorific titles and distinctions created by this Law Decree, integrate the System of Awards and Honorific Titles of the Republic of Cuba and will be ruled by the statements of Law Nº 17 and its regulation and statutes or corresponding regulations, if they have them.

CHAPTER II. ABOUT THE RATIFIED AWARDS

ARTICLE 2. As Awards of the Republic of Cuba, the following medals have been ratified:

1. Commemorative Medal “XX Anniversary”, created by Law Nº. 1252, of July 16, 1973, just as modified by Law Decree Nº 4, of May 2, 1977.

2. Commemorative Medal “XX Anniversary of the Revolutionary Armed Forces”, created by Law Nº 1314, of November 23, 1976, awarded till December 2, 1981, according to the said in Law decree Nº 9, November 29, 1977.

3. Medal “250th Anniversary of the University of La Habana”, created by Law Decree Nº 12, of January 9, 1978, awarded till November 30, 1979, according to Law Decree Nº 29, of October 27, 1979.

Also are ratified, as tribute to the ones that for defending the most legitimate interests of the cuban people filled with glory the pages of its history during the Independence Wars, the following medals:

4. Medal of “The Independence” created by Decree Nº 129, of February 24, 1911, fulfilled by Decree Nº 1147, of December 23, 1911 and modified by Decree Nº 592, od July 31, 1913.

5. Medal of “The Emigration” created by Decree Nº 918, of October 10, 1913 and modified by Decree Nº 1509, of September 20, 1929.

The awarding requirements, criteria and their characteristics for these medals, are the ones established by the legal texts which created them, but will be adjusted according to what is established in Law Nº 17, of June 28, 1978, of the System of Awards and Honorific Titles and their rules.

ARTICLE 3. With a new structure, the following Orders are ratified:

1. Order “José Martí” Created by Law Nº 1230, of December 2, 1972, which will be awarded to Cuban and foreign citizens and Chiefs of State upon great feats for peace and mankind; for valuable and extraordinary contributions in education, culture, sciences and sports, as well as extraordinary merits and outstanding attitudes in creative work.

2. Order “Carlos Manuel de Céspedes” Created by decree Nº 486, of April 18, 1926 and modified by Law Nº 586, of October 7, 1959, which will be awarded to to Cuban and foreign citizens, Chiefs of State or Government, political or state leaders who outstand in the struggle for the national liberation of the peoples, the friendship shown towards the Cuban Revolution, or for the international prestige reached on behalf of the peoples and for outstanding contributions to the consolidation of peace and pacific coexistence.

3. Order “Playa Girón” Created by Law Nº 949, of July 18, 1961, which will be awarded to Cuban and foreign citizens and Chiefs of State or Government who extraordinarily outstand in the struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, fascism and any other exploitation form; by valuable contributions to the development of the armed forces and their defensive capacity; for great feats on behalf of peace and mankind progress, as well as for the defense of our homeland and the Revolution´s conquests.

4. Order “Carlos J. Finlay” Created by Decree Nº 77, of January 21, 1928, which will be awarded to Cuban and foreign citizens in recognition for extraordinary merits and achievements in the development of natural or social sciences, scientific or investigation activities that contribute in a significant way to science progress and mankind benefit, and specially to the preservation and improvement of the peoples´ health and welfare.
It will also be awarded to Cuban and foreign institutions, as well as work collectives for the reasons stated before.
The requirements for its awarding, description and other related to the Orders to which this article refers will be stated in the timely approved Statute, and the statements of Law Nº 17 will be applied to it.