Vietnam: Duties and powers of the specialized agency of the Provincial People's Committee in judicial expertise

According to Decree No. 85/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the specialized agency of the Provincial People's Committee has its duties and powers as follows:

- Assuming the prime responsibility and coordinating with the Service of Justice in selecting and proposing the provincial-level People's Committee to appoint or dismiss judicial experts.

- Assuming the prime responsibility and coordinating with the Service of Justice in selecting and forming a list of judicial expertise performers and ad hoc judicial expertise organizations at localities.

- Preparing operation fund estimate for public judicial expertise organization under its management;

- Assuming the prime responsibility and coordinating with the Service of Justice in fostering professional ability for local judicial experts.

- Assuming the prime responsibility and coordinating with Service of Justice in examining and inspecting the implementation of law on judicial expertise; settling complaints and denunciation under its competence;

- Coordinating with Service of Justice in verifying dossiers for establishment of judicial expertise Office, conversion of type of operation, modification and supplementation of area of expertise and operation registration of judicial expertise Office;

- Making annual reports to the ministries, ministerial-level agencies managing the specialized area of judicial expertise and provincial-level People’s Committee on organization and operation of judicial expertise under its specialized management area at localities while submitting report to the Service of Justice for general sum-up.

- The Service of Health shall assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the Service of Justice to propose the provincial-level People’s Committee to form, consolidate the provincial-level forensic Center.

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

Ty Na

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