| THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE - THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY - THE SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT - THE SUPREME PEOPLE'S PROCURACY ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------ |
| No: 01/2001/TTLT/BTP-BCA-TANDTC-VKSNDTC | Hanoi, September 25, 2001 |
JOINT CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS IN CHAPTER XV "CRIMES OF INFRINGING UPON THE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY REGIMES" OF THE 1999 PENAL CODE
In order to correctly and uniformly apply the provisions in Chapter XV "Crimes of infringing upon the marriage and family regimes" of the 1999 Penal Code (hereinafter abbreviated to PC), the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuracy hereby jointly guide a number of points as follows:
1. Regarding the detail "have already been administratively sanctioned for such acts but repeat their violations"
For the crimes: "Forcible marriage or prevention of voluntary and progressive marriage" (Article 146 of the PC); "Bigamy" (Article 147, the PC); "Organizing underage marriage, entering into underage marriage" (Article 148, the PC); "Ill-treating or persecuting grand-parents, parents, spouses, children, grand-children and/or fosterers" (Article 151, the PC); "Refusing or evading the obligation to provide financial support" (Article 152, the PC), the PC has prescribed the detail "have already been administratively sanctioned for such acts but repeat their violations" in the constitution of crimes; therefore, attention should be paid to:
Being considered "have already been administratively sanctioned for such acts but repeat their violations," if earlier a person had already been administratively sanctioned for one of the acts listed in the above-mentioned articles, has not yet finished the time limit for being regarded as having never before been administratively sanctioned according to the law provisions on handling of administrative violations, but:
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