Heads of Forest Protection Departments at All Levels Have the Authority to Initiate Criminal Proceedings on Forestry Cases

03:51, 11/07/2024

This is a notable content of the Decree 01/2019/ND-CP on Forest Rangers and the Special Forest Protection Forces of Forest Owners.

According to Decree 01, from February 15, 2019, official Forestry Protection Officers have the following duties and authorities:

- Perform correct functions, duties, and authorities assigned and be responsible for carrying out their duties and authorities; wear uniforms, badges, forestry protection insignias, and name tags.- Request agencies, organizations, and individuals involved to provide information, documents, evidence, inspect the scene, search places where illegal forest products are stored, confiscate, temporarily hold, and preserve exhibits, inspect means of transporting illegal forest products.- Handle administrative violations and apply measures to prevent acts of administrative violations. The heads of central Forestry Protection, regional Forestry Protection, provincial Forestry Protection, district Forestry Protection, and special-use forest, protective forest Forestry Protection have the authority to prosecute and investigate criminal cases of legal violations in the forestry sector.- Be equipped with and use weapons, supporting tools, uniforms, specialized means, and equipment according to the provisions of the law.- Perform other assigned duties and authorities according to the provisions of the law.

See the duties of various levels of Forestry Protection at Decree 01/2019/ND-CP effective from February 15, 2019.

- Thanh Lam -

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