THE PRESIDENT

Order No. 11/2012/L-CTN of July 2, 2012, on the promulgation of law
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Pursuant to Articles 103 and 106 of the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10 of December 25, 2001, of the Xth National Assembly, the 10th session;
Pursuant to Article 91 of the Law on Organization of the National Assembly;
Pursuant to Article 57 of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents,
PROMULGATES:
The Law on Judicial Expertise,
which was passed on June 20, 2012, by the XIIIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 3rd session.
President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
TRUONG TAN SANG
 Law on Judicial Expertise
(No. 13/2012/QH13)
Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/NQ-QH10;
The National Assembly promulgates the Law on Judicial Expertise.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Law provides for judicial experts; judicial expertise institutions; ad hoc judicial expertise performers, ad hoc judicial expertise institutions; judicial expertise activities; judicial expertise charge, regimes and policies applicable to judicial expertise activities, and responsibilities of state agencies to judicial expertise institutions and activities.
Article 2. Interpretation of terms
In this Law, the terms below are construed as follows:
1. Judicial expertise means that judicial expertise performers use scientific, technical and professional knowledge, means and methods to make expert conclusions regarding matters related to the criminal investigation, prosecution and trial and enforcement of criminal judgments or settlement of civil cases and matters and administrative cases when solicited by procedure-conducting agencies or persons or when requested by expertise requesters defined in this Law.