Who is authorized to sign documents under the jurisdiction of the Chairman of the District People's Committee in Vietnam in the absence of the Chairman?
Who is authorized to sign documents under the jurisdiction of the Chairman of the District People's Committee in Vietnam in the absence of the Chairman?
Based on Clause 2, Article 22 of the Law on Organization of Local Government 2015 on the duties and powers of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee:
Article 22. Duties and powers of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee
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- Approve the election, dismissal, or removal of district-level People's Committee Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen; mobilize, suspend, or dismiss district-level People's Committee Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen; assign the acting Chairman of the district-level People's Committee in the case the position is vacant between two sessions of the district-level People's Council; request district-level People's Committee Chairmen to suspend or dismiss subordinate district People's Committee Chairmen or Vice-Chairmen who fail in their duties or violate the law; appoint, dismiss, mobilize, reward, or discipline officials and public employees within the scope of management as prescribed by law;
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In the event that there is a vacancy in the position of the district-level People's Committee Chairman between two sessions of the district-level People's Council, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has the authority to assign someone to act as the district-level People's Committee Chairman and sign documents under the authority of the district-level People's Committee Chairman.
Thus, the person assigned as the acting district-level People's Committee Chairman is authorized to sign documents under the authority of the district-level People's Committee Chairman when the position is vacant.
Who is authorized to sign documents under the jurisdiction of the Chairman of the District People's Committee in Vietnam in the absence of the Chairman? (Image from the Internet)
What are the duties and powers of the district-level People's Committee Chairman in Vietnam?
According to Article 29 of the Law on Organization of Local Government 2015, the duties and powers of the district-level People's Committee Chairman are stipulated as follows:
- Lead and direct the work of the People's Committee, its members, and specialized agencies under the district-level People's Committee.
- Approve the election, dismissal, or removal of commune-level People's Committee Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen; mobilize, suspend, or dismiss commune-level People's Committee Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen; assign acting commune-level People's Committee Chairmen in the case of vacancies between sessions of the commune-level People's Council; appoint, dismiss, mobilize, reward, or discipline officials and public employees within the scope of management as prescribed by law.
- Lead and direct the implementation of constitutional, legal, state agency documents of higher levels, the resolutions of People's Councils, and decisions of district-level People's Committees; ensure national defense, security, social order, and safety; protect the assets of agencies, organizations, safeguard the lives, freedoms, honor, dignity, property, rights, and legitimate interests of citizens; implement measures for population management within the district.
- Lead and be responsible for the operation of the state administrative system from the district to grassroots levels, ensuring the unity and smoothness of the administration; direct administrative reform and public service reform in the local state administrative system.
- Suspend or annul illegal documents issued by specialized agencies under the district-level People's Committee and illegal documents from commune-level People's Committees or Chairmen. Suspend the enforcement of illegal documents of the commune-level People's Council, report to the district-level People's Committee to propose annulment.
- Direct commune-level People's Committee Chairmen; authorize Vice-Chairmen of the district-level People's Committee or heads of specialized agencies under the district-level People's Committee to perform duties and powers within the competence of the district-level People's Committee Chairman.
- Manage and effectively organize the use of public offices, properties, work facilities, and the state budget allocated to the district as prescribed by law.
- Organize inspection, examination, the resolution of complaints, denunciations, handling of legal violations, and citizen reception as prescribed by law.
- Direct the implementation of environmental protection measures, fire and explosion prevention; direct and apply measures to solve urgent tasks related to natural disaster prevention, epidemic, security, order, and social safety in the district as prescribed by law.
- Perform tasks and powers assigned or delegated by superior state agencies.
What is the organizational structure of the district-level People's Committee in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 27 of the Law on Organization of Local Government 2015, the organizational structure of the district-level People's Committee is as follows:
[1] The district-level People's Committee consists of the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, and members.
- A type 1 district-level People's Committee has no more than three Vice-Chairmen; type 2 and type 3 districts have no more than two Vice-Chairmen.
- Members of the district-level People's Committee include the heads of specialized agencies under the district-level People's Committee, military affairs members, and police affairs members.
[2] Specialized agencies under the district-level People's Committee include departments and equivalent-level agencies.
