Vietnam: How is the first re-expertise of counterfeit money carried out?

According to Article 14 of the Circular No. 14/2020/TT-NHNN of the State Bank of Vietnam, units affiliated to the State Bank shall carry out additional assessment and re-examination for the first time according to the provisions of Clause 2 Article 11 of this Circular. For the State Bank's decision to solicit additional expertise or re-expertise for the first time, directly soliciting judicial expertise or judicial expertise according to the case, the solicited persons shall make reports, receive dossiers, expertised objects, information, documents, objects and specimens, prepare for assessment, and organize the assessment according to the provisions of Articles 12, 13, 17, 18 and 19 of this Circular.

In case of the State Bank's decision to solicit additional expertise or re-expertise for the first time, directly soliciting judicial expertise or judicial expertise according to the case in order to participate in the Judicial Assessment Team established by the expertise solicitor, the solicited person shall conduct the expertise according to the assignment of the expert solicitor or the judicial expertise team.

Note: First re-examination of counterfeit money in accordance with the criminal procedure law:

- For the decision to solicit the State Bank's expertise, the re-examination of counterfeit money must be performed by another judicial expert or by another case-based judicial expert.

- For the State Bank's decision to directly solicit judicial expertise or judicial expertise according to the case: the unit whose person is solicited for expertise, the person solicited for expertise shall make reports, receive dossiers, expertised objects, information, documents, objects and samples, prepare for assessment, and organize additional assessment and re-examination in accordance with the provisions of Articles 12, 13, 17, 18, and 19 of this Circular. Persons solicited for expertise have the right to refuse to re-expertise for the first time if they have already carried out expertise on the case being solicited for re-examination.

View more details at the Circular No. 14/2020/TT-NHNN of the State Bank of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2021.

Le Vy

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