Chương III Luật Công an nhân dân 2018: Tổ chức của công an nhân dân

Chapter III

ORGANIZATION OF THE PEOPLE’S PUBLIC SECURITY FORCE

Article 17. Organizational system of the People’s Public Security Force

1. The organizational system of the People’s Public Security Force shall be composed of:

a) The Ministry of Public Security;

b) The Departments of Public Security of provinces and centrally run cities;

c) The Public Security Divisions of rural districts, urban districts, towns or provincial cities;

d) The Public Security Offices of communes, wards or townships.

2. The Government shall elaborate on the building of the regular Public Security forces of communes or townships.

3. In order to meet requirements concerning protection of national security, maintenance of social order and safety, the Minister of Public Security shall decide to establish Public Security posts, stations and independent units located in necessary areas.

Article 18. Authority to regulate the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the People’s Public Security Force

1. The Government shall regulate the functions, duties, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Public Security.

2. The Minister of Public Security shall regulate the functions, duties, powers and operational machinery of affiliates of the Ministry of Public Security, Departments of provinces and centrally-affiliated cities, Public Security Divisions of rural districts, urban districts, townships, provincially-affiliated cities, cities controlled by centrally-affiliated cities, Public Security Offices of communes, wards, townlets and other forces under the authority of the People's Public Security Force.

Article 19. Commanders in the People’s Public Security Force

1. The Minister of Public Security shall be the chief commander of the People’s Public Security Force.

2. Inferior public security commanders shall take responsibility before superior public security commanders for the organization and operation of public security units under their authority. Local public security commanders must be answerable to superior public security commanders and to the Party Committees and other authorities of the same level.

3. People’s Public Security officers, non-commissioned officers and conscripts holding higher positions or ranks shall be superiors of officers, non-commissioned officers and conscripts holding lower positions or ranks.

In case where officers, non-commissioned officers and conscripts hold higher positions but have equivalent or lower ranks, they shall be superiors of officers, non-commissioned officers or conscripts having equivalent or higher ranks but holding lower positions.