Decree No. 48/2013/ND-CP dated May 14, 2013 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees concerning control of administrative procedures

THE GOVERNMENT

Decree No. 48/2013/ND-CP of May 14, 2013, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees concerning control of administrative procedures

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the June 3, 2008 Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents;

At the proposal of the Minister of Justice,

The Government promulgates the Decree to amend and supplement a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 63/2010/ND-CP of June 8, 2010, on control of administrative procedures; Decree No. 20/2008/ND-CP of February 14, 2008, on receipt and handling of individuals’ and organizations’ opinions and petitions on administrative regulations; Decree No. 36/2012/ND-CP of April 18, 2012, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of ministries and ministerial-level agencies; and Decree No. 55/2011/ND-CP of July 4, 2011, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of legal organizations.

Article 1. To amend, supplement or annul a number of articles and clauses of the Government’s Decree No. 63/2010/ND-CP of June 8, 2010, on control of administrative procedures, as follows:

1. To amend Article 5 as follows:

“Article 5. Agencies and units controlling administrative procedures

1. The Ministry of Justice shall assist the Government in uniformly performing the state management of control of administrative procedures.

The Bureau of Administrative Procedure Control under the Ministry of Justice shall advise and assist the Minister of Justice in performing the state management of control of administrative procedures.

2. Legal organizations in ministries and ministerial-agencies shall advise and assist ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies in performing the state management of control of administrative procedures in the sectors and fields under their management.

Administrative Procedure Control Divisions of legal organizations in ministries and ministerial-level agencies shall advise and assist heads of legal organizations in controlling administrative procedures.

3. Provincial-level Departments of Justice shall advise and assists provincial-level People’s Committees in performing the state management of control of administrative procedures in localities.