Chapter II
PROVISIONS ON MANAGEMENT AND USE OF SEALS BY AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ENTITLED TO USE SEALS
Article 5.- The State titles, the chiefs or heads of the agencies and organizations defined in Articles 3 and 4 of this Decree shall have to manage and inspect the preservation and use of seals of their respective agencies and organizations strictly according to the functions and powers provided for by law.
Article 6.- The management and use of seals must comply with the following regulations:
1. Each agency, organization or State title defined in Articles 3 and 4 of this Decree shall be entitled to use only one seal. In cases where it needs another seal with a content identical to the first seal, it must obtain a written consent of the agency competent to establish it and such second seal must bear specific marks to distinguish it from the first one;
The agencies and organizations with function of issuing diplomas, certificates, people�s identity cards or visas stuck with photos may additionally make embossed seals and/or small seals in service of their professional operations, provided that it is permitted by competent authorities and the contents inscribed on such seals must be the same as those on the wet seals they are entitled to use.
2. Newly engraved seals must have their specimens registered at the police offices, for which fees must be paid according to the Finance Ministry’s regulations, and shall be used after the "seal specimen registration certificate" is granted. Agencies and organizations shall, upon starting to use their new seals, have to announce and introduce their new seal specimens.
3. The affixture of seals on documents and papers of all kinds must strictly comply with the provisions of law.
4. Heads of agencies and organizations shall have to manage and use the seals of their respective agencies and organizations.
Seals must be kept at the head offices of agencies and organizations and strictly managed. In cases where it is really necessary to settle working affairs fair away from their agencies’ or organizations’ head offices, the heads of such agencies or organizations may carry along the seals and shall be responsible for the carrying of seals out of their agencies or organizations.
5. Ink for all seals shall be red one.
6. In cases where its seal is lost, an agency or organization shall have to promptly report the loss to the nearest police office and the police office that has already granted seal specimen registration certificate, and at the same time announce the cancellation of the lost seal.
7. For seals in use, which are worn or damaged or in cases where the organizations that have such seals are reorganized or renamed, such organizations shall have to carry out the procedures for engraving new seals and returning the old ones.
8. Agencies and organizations using seals must create conditions for the competent agencies to inspect the observance of regulations on management and use of seals.
Article 7.- When agencies and organizations defined in Articles 3 and 4 of this Decree are subject to effective decisions on separation, split-up, merger, dissolution or discontinuation of assigned tasks, the heads of such agencies and organizations shall have to recover and submit the seals to the police offices that have granted seal specimen registration certificates.
In case of temporary suspension of the use of seals, the agencies or organizations competent to issue establishment decisions and permit the use of seals shall have to recover such seals and notify the police offices that have permitted the seal engraving and the concerned agencies thereof.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 58/2001/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)