Do commune-level justice and civil status officers need a degree in law in Vietnam?

Do commune-level justice and civil status officers need a degree in law in Vietnam?

Clause 2, Article 72 of the 2014 Law on Civil Status stipulates that commune-level justice and civil status officers must meet the following criteria:

a/ Possessing an intermediate or higher degree in law and having been trained in civil status work;

b/ Possessing a legible handwriting and computer skills suitable to their job requirements.

Based on practical conditions of geographical area, population and justice and civil status workload in localities, the Government shall stipulate the assignment of justice and civil status officers on a full-time basis.

Thus, commune-level justice and civil status officers only need to have an intermediate or higher degree in law. If you already have an intermediate degree in law, you only need to take an additional civil status training course to be able to take the justice and civil status officer exam at the commune level.

Do commune-level justice and civil status officers need a degree in law in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

What duties and powers do commune-level justice and civil status officers in Vietnam have?

According to Article 73 of the 2014 Law on Civil Status, tasks and powers of civil status officers are as follows:

 

1. In the field of civil status, commune-level justice and civil status officers have the following tasks and powers:

a/ To comply with this Law and other relevant laws concerning civil status;

b/ To take responsibility before commune-level People’s Committees and law for civil status registration;

c/ To disseminate, and mobilize people to observe, the law on civil status;

d/ To assist commune-level People’s Committees in performing civil status registration in a prompt, accurate, objective and truthful manner; fully update registered civil status events in the electronic civil status database;

dd/ To take the initiative in examination and review work to promptly register births and deaths arising in localities.

For scattered residential areas with difficult access and far away from the head offices of commune-level People’s Committees, justice and civil status officers shall report to commune-level People’s Committees for permission to organize mobile registration for births, marriages and deaths.

e/ To regularly update themselves with legal knowledge to raise their civil status registration capacity and skills; to participate in professional training courses held by People's Committees or superior-level justice agencies;

g/ To take the initiative in reporting to and proposing the People's Committees of the same level to coordinate with agencies and organizations in checking and verifying civil status information; to request agencies, organizations and individuals to provide information for civil status registration verification; to coordinate with public security offices of the same level in providing basic civil status information of individuals for the national population database.

2. The provisions of Clause 1 of this Article also apply to civil status officers in district-level Justice Divisions and diplomats and consuls performing civil status work in representative missions according to their tasks and powers.

According to this Article, as a commune-level justice and civil status officer, you have the above duties and powers in Vietnam.

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