Vietnam: 04 functions and duties of the criminal technical expertise Division under provincial-level Public Security

Specifically, according to Article 10 of Decree No. 85/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the criminal technical expertise Division under provincial-level Public Security has its functions and duties as follows:

1. Performing criminal technical expertise as prescribed by the procedural law and the Law on judicial expertise;

2. Doing scientific research on specialized criminal technique;

3. Making a report to provincial-level Public Security and Service of Justice on organization and activities of criminal examination; making a report to provincial-level Public Security and Service of Justice and the National Institute of Forensic Medicine on mortem forensic examination and also to the Institute of Criminal Science;

4. Other duties as prescribed by the Ministry of Public Security.

Note: The criminal technical expertise Division under the provincial-level Public Security has the Head and Deputy Heads. The Head and Deputy Heads in charge of professional expertise must be judicial experts and appointed under the regulations of the Minister of Public Security.

Besides, Decree No. 85/2013/NĐ-CP also stipulates functions and duties of the Criminal technical expertise Division under the Ministry of National Defense as follows:

- Performing the criminal technical expertise as prescribed by the procedural law and the Law on judicial expertise;

- Doing scientific research on specialized criminal technique;

- Summarizing and making annual report to the Ministry of National Defense on organization and criminal technical activities and also to the Institute of Criminal Science under the Ministry of Public Security;

- Other duties as prescribed by regulations of the Minister of National Defense.

View details at Decree No. 85/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from September 15, 2013.

Ty Na

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