Procedures for changes in contents of operation registration of law-practicing organizations in Vietnam as of May 15, 2024

Procedures for changes in contents of operation registration of law-practicing organizations in Vietnam as of May 15, 2024 (Internet image) 

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On May 17, 2024, the Minister of Justice issued Decision 849/QD-BTP announcing the amended administrative procedures in the field of lawyers within the scope of the Ministry of Justice's management functions.

1. Procedures for changes in contents of operation registration of law-practicing organizations in Vietnam as of May 15, 2024

The procedures for changes in contents of operation registration of law-practicing organizations in Vietnam as of May 15, 2024 are as follows:

Procedures

When there is a change in the name, address of the headquarters, branches, transaction offices, professional fields, list of member lawyers, legal representatives of the law-practicing organizations, and other contents in the registration application, within a period of ten working days from the date of the decision on the change, the law-practicing organizations must register with the Department of Justice where the law-practicing organizations is registered.

Submission method: The application can be submitted directly, through the postal system, or online (if the administrative procedure is available online) to the Department of Justice.

Components of the application:

- Application for changes in contents of operation registration of law-practicing organizations.

- Number of applications: 01 set.

Applicants: law-practicing organizations.

Authority responsible for handling the administrative procedure: Department of Justice.

Result of the administrative procedure: Certificate of registration for the law-practicing organizations.

Fee and charge: 50,000 VND per application.

Form: Form TP-LS-06-sđ issued together with Circular 03/2024/TT-BTP dated May 15, 2024, by the Minister of Justice, amending and supplementing 08 circulars related to administrative procedures in the field of judicial support.

2. Regulations on changes in contents of operation registration of law-practicing organizations in Vietnam

According to Article 36 of the Law on Lawyers 2006, the regulations on changes in contents of operation registration of law-practicing organizations in Vietnam are as follows:

- In case of a change in its name, address of its head-office, branch, transaction office, practice domains, membership, at-law representative or other contents in the operation registration dossier, within 10 working days after deciding on such change, a law-practicing organization shall make registration with the provincial/municipal Justice Service where it has registered its operations. In case of changes in the contents of its operation registration paper, the law-practicing organization shall be re-granted that paper.

Within 10 working days after making changes or receiving the re-granted operation registration paper, the law-practicing organization shall notify the bar association of the changes in writing.

- When its operation registration paper is lost, torn, burnt or otherwise destroyed, a law-practicing organization shall be re-granted that paper.

3. Regulations on supply of information on contents of operation registration by law-practicing organizations in Vietnam

- Within 7 working days after granting an operation registration paper or changing contents of operation registration of a law-practicing organization, the provincial/municipal Justice Service shall notify such in writing to the tax office, the statistical office, other competent state agencies and the People's Committee of the district, provincial town or city, the People's Committee of the commune, ward or township and the bar association in the locality where the concerned law-practicing organization is headquartered.

- Organizations and individuals may request provincial/municipal Justice Services to supply information on operation registration contents of law-practicing organizations, grant copies of operation registration papers, certify changes in operation registration contents or extract those contents of law-practicing organizations and shall pay fees in accordance with law.

- Provincial/municipal Justice Services shall supply in a timely manner all information on operation registration contents of law-practicing organizations at the request of organizations or individuals specified in Clause 2 of Article 37 of the Law on Lawyers 2006.

(Article 37 of the Law on Lawyers 2006)

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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