Chương I Pháp lệnh 10/2014/UBTVQH13: Những quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL REGULATIONS

Article 1. Governing scope

This Ordinance prescribes the functions, duties, authority, organization, operation, and policies applied to environmental police forces; responsibilities of related agencies, organizations and individuals.

Article 2. Applied entities

This Ordinance is applied to environmental police forces, Vietnamese agencies, organizations and citizens and foreign organizations and individuals residing and/or operating in the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Article 3. Position and functions of environmental police forces

Environmental police is a branch of the police specialized in preventing, detecting, fighting against criminal and administrative offenses related to environment; proactively and cooperatively preventing, fighting against crimes and violations of law related to natural resources and food safety related to environment.

Article 4. Organizational structure and operation of environmental police forces

1. Under the general leadership of the Communist Party Committee of the National Public Security and management of the Minister of Public Security.

2. Adhering to the Constitution and laws; respecting and protecting the interests of the Government, human right, legitimate entitlements and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals; facilitating socio-economic development and social security assurance.

3. Proactively preventing, detecting timely, interdict and strictly handling crimes and violations of law in accordance with their functions and duties.

4. Closely cooperating with related agencies, organizations preventing, fighting against crimes and violations of law in accordance with their functions and duties.

5. Relying on the people, promoting the power of the people and being supervised by the people.

Article 5. Establishment of environmental police forces

1. The State shall establish revolutionary, professional, elite and modern environmental police forces.

2. All agencies, organizations, individuals shall contribute themselves to the reinforcement of, cooperation with and support towards environmental police forces in the implementation of their functions, duties, authority in accordance with the related laws.

3. Environmental police forces have the preemptive right to recruitment and training of personnel, investment in facilities, equipment, technical and professional equipment to fulfill the assigned duties.

Article 6. Prohibited acts

1. Environmental police forces are prohibited to:

a) Commit prohibited acts as prescribed by the Law of the People’s Public Security forces;

b) Deliberately ignore criminal and administrative offenses related to environment, natural resources, food safety;

c) Take advantage of the duties and/or authority assigned to the Environmental police to cause harassment or infringe upon the interests of the Government, human right, legitimate rights and interests of other entities.

2. Other entities are prohibited to:

a) Resist or obstruct environmental police officers from performing their duties;

b) Impersonate environmental police officers;

c) Bribe or incite, force environmental police officers to act against their functions, duties, and authority;

d) Revenge, threaten to revenge, obstruct the witnesses, accusers, denouncers or their relatives from making the accusation, denouncement, reporting and taking actions against criminal and/or administrative offenses related to environment, natural resources, food safety.