Chapter III
JUDICIAL EXPERTISE ORGANIZATIONS
Article 15.- Setting up of judicial expertise organizations
Judicial expertise organizations shall be set up in the field of forensic medicine, psychiatrically forensic medicine and criminological techniques.
Article 16.- Forensic expertise organizations
1. The National Institute of Forensic Medicine.
2. The provincial/municipal centers for forensic medicine.
3. The Army Institute of Forensic Medicine, the Forensic Medicine Center of the Criminological Institute of the Ministry of Public Security.
Article 17.- The National Institute of Forensic Medicine
1. The National Institute of Forensic Medicine is set up under the Prime Minister's decision at the proposal of the Justice Minister and the Health Minister and is attached to the Ministry of Health.
2. The National Institute of Forensic Medicine is a non-business unit with revenues, has the legal person status, its own seal, accounts and head-office.
Article 18.- The provincial/municipal Centers for Forensic Medicine
1. Basing themselves on their local demands and practical conditions, the provincial-level People's Committee presidents shall decide on the establishment of provincial/municipal Centers for Forensic Medicine (hereinafter called the Forensic Medicine Centers for short) at the proposals of the directors of the provincial/municipal Services of Justice after reaching agreement with the directors of the provincial/municipal Health Services, which are attached to the provincial/municipal Health Services.
In provinces or centrally-run cities where Forensic Medicine Centers are yet established, there shall be forensic expertise sections attached to the provincial-level general hospitals.
2. The Forensic Medicine Centers are non-business units with revenues, have the legal person status, their own seals, accounts, which are located in provincial-level general hospitals.
Article 19.- Forensic medicine expertise in the army and the police forces
1. The Defense Ministry has the Army Forensic Medicine Institute.
The military zone-level hospitals shall have forensic medicine experts.
2. The Ministry of Public Security has the Forensic Medicine Center under the Criminological Institute.
The Police Departments of the provinces or centrally-run cities shall have forensic medicine experts.
Article 20.- Psychiatrically forensic medicine expertise organizations
1. The Central Institute of Psychiatrically Forensic Expertise is set up under the Health Minister's decision, after reaching agreement with the Justice Minister, and attached to the Health Ministry.
The Central Institute of Psychiatrically Forensic Expertise is a non-business unit with revenues, has the legal person status, its own seal and accounts.
2. In provinces and centrally-run cities where exist the provincial-level psychiatric hospitals, the psychiatrically forensic expertise centers attached to such hospitals shall be set up for performance of psychiatrically forensic expertise.
The psychiatrically forensic medicine expertise centers are set up under decisions of the provincial-level People's Committee presidents at the proposals of the directors of the provincial/municipal Services of Justice, after reaching agreement with the directors of the provincial/municipal Health Services, which are attached to the provincial/municipal Health Services.
The psychiatrically forensic expertise centers are non-business units with revenues, have the legal person status, their own seals and accounts.
In provinces and centrally-run cities where there are no provincial-level psychiatric hospitals, the Centers for Social Disease Prevention and Combat or the Psychiatric Departments of the provincial-level general hospitals shall perform psychiatrically forensic medicine expertise when so requested.
3. Hospitals attached to the Defense Ministry and military zone-level hospitals are staffed with psychiatric forensic experts.
Article 21.- Criminological expertise organizations
1. The Criminological Institute under the Ministry of Public Security.
2. The Criminological Technique Sections under the Police Departments of the provinces or centrally-run cities.
3. Criminological technique organizations under the Defense Ministry.
Article 22.- Functions, tasks and organizational structures of judicial expertise organizations
The Government specifies the functions, tasks, organizational structures and operation of judicial expertise organizations defined in Articles 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of this Ordinance.
Article 23.- Ensuring material foundations for judicial expertise activities
1. Funding, equipment and facilities, means and other necessary material conditions for operation of judicial expertise organizations shall be provided by the State budget according to law provisions.
2. The professional organizations have the responsibility to create conditions for judicial expertise performers to use their equipment, facilities and means for the performance of judicial expertise.
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