Postponement of Civil Judgment Enforcement According to New Regulations

The head of the civil judgment enforcement agency shall issue a decision to postpone the execution of judgments in the following cases:

- The person obliged to execute the judgment is seriously ill, confirmed by a medical facility at the district level or higher; has lost or has limited civil act capacity as decided by the Court;- The address of the person obliged to execute the judgment has not been determined or due to other legitimate reasons, the person obliged to execute the judgment cannot fulfill the obligations themselves according to the judgment, decision;- The involved parties agree to postpone the execution of the judgment; the agreement to postpone the execution of the judgment must be made in writing, clearly stating the postponement period, signed by the involved parties; during the postponement period, the person obliged to execute the judgment is not subject to interest for late execution, unless the involved parties have other agreements;- The property for judgment execution has been accepted by the Court for resolution according to the provisions of Article 74 and Article 75 of this Law; the property has been seized according to Article 90 of this Law but after the price reduction as prescribed, the value is equal to or lower than the costs and obligations guaranteed;- The judgment execution is within the period for the competent authority to explain the judgment, decision, and respond to the recommendations of the civil judgment enforcement agency according to point b clause 2 Article 170 and clause 2 Article 179 of this Law;- The person receiving the property, the person assigned to care for has been duly notified twice about receiving the property, receiving the person for care but did not come to receive;- The transfer of rights and obligations for judgment execution according to the provisions of Article 54 of this Law cannot be implemented due to force majeure events or objective obstacles;- The seized property could not be sold and the person entitled to judgment execution does not accept the property for execution according to the provisions of clause 3 Article 104 of this Law.

Amended Law on Civil Judgment Enforcement 2014 takes effect from July 1, 2015.

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