THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
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No. 20/2010/TT-BTP
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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Hanoi, November 30, 2010
 
CIRCULAR
DETAILING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DECREE NO. 40/2010/ND-CP OF APRIL 12,2010, ON THE EXAMINATION AND HANDLING OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS
THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
 
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 93/ 2008/ND-CP of August 22, 2008, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Justice;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 40/ 2010/ND-CP of April 12, 2010, on the examination and handling of legal documents;
The Minister of Justice details a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 40/2010/ ND-CP of April 12, 2010, on the examination and handling of legal documents as follows:
Chapter 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Circular details a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 40/2010/ND-CP of April 12, 2010. on the examination and handling of legal documents (below referred to as Decree No. 40).
Article 2. Documents subject to examination and handling
Documents subject to examination and handling under Decree No. 40 include:
1. Legal documents defined in Clause 2. Article 1 of Decree No. 40.
2. Documents which contain legal norms but arc not issued in the form of legal documents and documents with legal norms or a format and contents similar to legal documents which are issued by incompetent agencies or persons in ministries, branches or localities are also subject to examination and handling under Clause 3, Article 1 of Decree No. 40, if so requested by agencies, organizations, individuals or mass media agencies. These documents include:
a/ Documents with legal norms which are issued or jointly issued by ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies. People's Councils or People's Committees of all levels but do not take the form of circulars of ministers or heads of ministerial-level agencies or joint circulars of a minister and the head of a ministerial-level agency, of a minister or the head of a ministerial-level agency and the President of the Supreme People's Court or the Chairman of the Supreme People's Procuracy, resolutions of People's Councils or decisions and directives of People's Committees;

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