Vietnam: 08 duties and powers of the Service of Justice in judicial expertise

Decree No. 85/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government stipulates 08 duties and powers of the Service of Justice as follows:

1. Assuming the prime responsibility and coordinating with specialized agencies of provincial-level People's Committee managing the area of judicial expertise to verify dossiers for establishment the judicial expertise Office, conversion of type of operation, modification and supplementation of Office’s area of expertise in order to submit them to provincial-level People's Committee for review and decision; assuming the prime responsibility and coordinating with specialized agencies of provincial-level People's Committee to perform operation registration of the judicial expertise Office.

2. Assuming the prime responsibility or coordinating with specialized agencies of provincial-level People's Committee managing the area of judicial expertise to foster legal knowledge for local judicial experts.

3. Coordinating with Service of Health to develop plan for submission to provincial-level People's Committee to form and consolidate the public judicial expertise organization in the area of forensic medicine;

4. Coordinating with specialized agencies of provincial-level People's Committee managing the area of judicial expertise to propose the provincial-level People's Committee to appoint or dismiss local judicial experts.

5. Coordinating with specialized agencies of provincial-level People's Committee managing the area of judicial expertise to select and form a list for submission to provincial-level People's Committee to publish a list of judicial expertise performers and ad hoc judicial expertise organizations at localities.

6. Annually assuming the prime responsibility or coordinating with specialized agencies of provincial-level People's Committee managing the area of judicial expertise to evaluate the organization and quality of activities of local judicial expertise; proposing provincial-level People's Committee the solutions to ensure the number and quality of team of judicial expertise performer to promptly meet with quality the expertise requests from local procedural activities.

7. Assuming the prime responsibility or coordinating with specialized agencies of provincial-level People's Committee managing the area of judicial expertise to examine, inspect and settle complaint and denunciation of judicial expertise under its competence.

8. Making annual reports to the Ministry of Justice and provincial-level People's Committee on organization and operation of local judicial expertise.

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

Ty Na

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