Chương 4 Nghị định 77/2008/NĐ-CP: Quản lý hoạt động tư vấn pháp luật

Chapter IV

MANAGEMENT OF LEGAL CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES

Article 24.- Responsibilities of the Justice Ministry for managing legal consultancy activities

The Justice Ministry shall guide and inspect the implementation of legal documents on legal consultancy; organize reviews and exchanges of experience, support the professional training and retraining of persons providing legal consultancy, and apply other measures to support the development of legal consultancy organization and activities specified in this Decree.

Article 25.- Responsibilities of provincial-level People's Committees for managing legal consultancy activities

1. Provincial-level People's Committees shall examine, inspect, handle violations and settle complaints and denunciations about organization and operation of legal consultancy centers according to their competence; apply measures to support the development of legal consultancy organization and activities in their respective localities.

2. Provincial-level Justice Services shall assist provincial-level People's Committees in performing the management of legal consultancy activities, having the following tasks and powers:

a/ To grant and withdraw operation registration certificates of legal consultancy centers or their branches:

b/ To grant and withdraw legal consultant cards;

c/ To coordinate with managing organizations at the same level in professionally training or retraining persons providing legal consultancy;

d/ To propose to or advise provincial-level People's Committees on measures to support the development of legal consultancy organization and activities in their localities;

e/ To examine, inspect, handle violations and settle complaints and denunciations about legal consultancy organization and activities according to their competence or under authorization by presidents of provincial-level People's Committees;

f/ To send to provincial-level People's Committees and the Justice Ministry annual or extraordinary reports, when so requested, on organization and operation of legal consultancy centers or their branches in their localities.

Article 26.- Responsibilities of managing organizations for managing legal consultancy activities

Managing organizations shall manage the organization and operation of legal consultancy centers and branches they have established under this Decree and their charters.

Article 27.- Handling of violations of persons providing legal consultancy, legal consultancy centers or their branches

1. Persons providing legal consultancy who commit acts of violation of this Decree shall, depending on the nature and severity of their violations, be disciplined, administratively sanctioned or examined for penal liability. If causing damage, they shall pay compensations under law.

2. Legal consultancy centers or their branches that commit acts of violation of the provisions of this Decree shall be administratively sanctioned. If causing damage, they shall pay compensations under law.

3. Forms of, competence and procedures for, handling administrative violations in legal consultancy must comply with the law on handling of administrative violations in the justice domain.