The Chairman of the People's Committee in Vietnam shall apply measure of forbidding contact when all of the following conditions are met

The Chairman of the People's Committee in Vietnam shall apply measure of forbidding contact when all of the following conditions are met (Internet image)

According to the provisions of Article 20 of the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control 2007, the commune People’s Committee in Vietnam at the site of domestic violence can decide to apply the measure of forbidding contact for no longer than three days when meeting the following conditions:

- There is a written request from the victim of domestic violence, the custodian or the legal representative of the relevant organization/agency. In case of the institution, organization of authority  request, it must be agreed by the victim of domestic violence,

- Domestic violence acts cause or threaten to cause serious physical injury to health or life of the victim of domestic violence

- The domestic violence victim and the violence committing person are living at different domiciles at the time of contact

By the latest of 12 hours from the receipt of the request, Chairperson of communal People’s Committee shall decide to apply the forbidden contact measure with the victim of domestic violence; In case no decision shall be made, a written notice with specific reasons shall be sent to the requesting person. Decision forbidding contact with the victim of violence shall be in force right after its issuance, and sent to the person conducting violence, the victim of violence, the community leader at the victim’s domicile.  

The chairperson of communal People’s Committee deciding to forbid contact with the victim, shall cancel that decision when the victim of violence request this cancelation, or when the measure is found not necessary any more

Note: In case there happen the wedding or funeral, or some special events in their families that require the violence victims and the violence committed persons to contact each other, the violence committed person has to inform the victim’s community leader. The violence committing person breaching the forbidden contact decision can be seized for civil breach of Law and fined

More details can be found in the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control 2007, which comes into force from July 1, 2008.

Ty Na

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