THE GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 62/2003/ND-CP
Hanoi, June 06, 2003
 DECREE
DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS, TASKS, POWERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to Resolution No. 02/2002/QH11 of August 5, 2002 of the first session of the XIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, prescribing the list of the Government’s ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 86/2002/ND-CP of November 5, 2002 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
At the proposals of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior,
DECREES:
Article 1.- Position and functions
The Ministry of Justice is a governmental agency which performs the function of State management over the legislative work, examination of legal documents, law dissemination and education, execution of civil judgments, judicial administration, legal support as well as other judicial work throughout the country; performs the State management over public services under the Ministry’s management according to law provisions.
Article 2.- Tasks and powers
The Ministry of Justice shall have to perform the tasks and exercise the powers prescribed in the Government’s Decree No. 86/2002/ND-CP of November 5, 2002 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies as well as the following specific tasks and powers: