Chapter V
IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
Article 30. Entry into force
1. This Decree takes effect from March 31, 2020. Notwithstanding this, provisions on disciplinary actions or sanctions for violations arising from the enforcement of the law on handling of administrative violations in Article 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 of this Decree come into force from July 1, 2020.
2. This Decree shall repeal Article 21 in the Government’s Decree No. 81/2013/ND-CP dated July 19, 2013, detailing a number of articles and measures for implementation of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations (amended and supplemented under the Government’s Decree No. 97/2017/ND-CP dated August 18, 2017, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 81/2013/ND-CP dated July 19, 2013, detailing a number of articles and measures for implementation of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations).
3. Administrative actions or sanctions imposed upon persons having competence in sanctioning and making records of administrative violations in the People's Army, the People's Police and people doing ciphering work on the basis of requirements and proposals included in inspection conclusions shall be subject to relevant laws while administrative actions or sanctions imposed upon those in Military authorities or units who are not officers, professional military servicemen, non-commissioned officers, soldiers, defense workers or national defense public employees; people in Public Security authorities or units that are not officers, non-commissioned officers, conscripts, police workers; people in ciphering organizations who do not do ciphering activities shall be subject to the provisions of this Decree.
Article 31. Implementation responsibilities
1. The Minister of Justice shall be responsible for detailing and providing instructions for implementation of articles, clauses and points under the authorization given herein.
2. Ministers, Heads of Ministry-level agencies, Heads of Governmental bodies, Presidents of People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-affiliated cities, and other entities or persons involved, shall be responsible for enforcing this Decree./.