Chapter VI
RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN LEGAL AID SERVICES
Article 40. Responsibilities of state management of legal aid
1. The Government shall perform the uniform state management of legal aid.
2. The Ministry of Justice is the focal point to assist the Government in performing the State management of legal aid and has the following tasks and powers:
a) Take charge, elaborate and promulgate or request competent authorities to promulgate legal documents on legal aid;
b) Elaborate, promulgate or request competent authorities to promulgate strategies and plans on the development of legal aid services and organize the implementation of these strategies and plans;
c) Promulgate regulations on professional guidance and specimen papers on legal aid service; criteria for defining complex, typical legal aid-related cases; make reports and statistics on legal aid service;
d) Guide, organize and follow the implementation of legal documents on legal aid.
dd) Organize training in legal aid knowledge and skills for legal aid-providing persons;
e) Organize the communication on legal aid and the appraisal, evaluation of the quality of legal aid services;
g) Examine and inspect the provision of legal aid service; reward, discipline and handle violations in legal aid services;
h) Receive support and contributions from organizations and individuals for legal aid;
i) Implement international cooperation in legal aid.
3. Ministries and ministerial-level agencies shall, within the scope of their tasks and powers, coordinate with the Ministry of Justice in performing the state management of legal aid.
4. Provincial People’s Committees shall, within their scope of tasks and powers, perform the state management of legal aid at their provinces, ensure working conditions for state legal aid centers.
Article 41. Responsibilities of agencies related to legal aid services in legal proceedings
1. The Supreme People’s Court, People’s Supreme Procuracy, Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of National Defense shall organize the implementation of this Law in their affiliated agencies.
2. Within their scope of tasks and powers, the presiding agency shall cooperate and create favorable conditions for legally-aided persons entitled to receive legal aid services, create favorable conditions for legal aid-providing persons to participate in legal proceedings according to regulations.
Article 42. Responsibilities of relevant state agencies
In the course of handling cases related to citizens, if the citizens are legally-aided persons, state agencies shall explain the right to receive legal aid service and recommend legal aid-providing organizations to them.
Article 43. Responsibilities of socio-professional organizations of lawyers
1. The Vietnam Bar Federation shall cooperate with the Ministry of Justice in managing and supervising the provision of legal aid services by lawyers and law-practicing organizations in accordance with this Law.
2. Bar Federations of centrally-affiliated cities and provinces shall cooperate with the Department of Justice to manage and supervise the provision of legal aid services by lawyers and law-practicing organizations in accordance with this Law.
Article 44. Responsibilities of agency directly supervising the legal counseling organizations
The agency directly supervising the legal counseling organizations shall cooperate with competent state management agencies in providing legal aid in managing and supervising by legal consulting firms and legal consultants in accordance with this Law.
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