Ordinance No. 10/2009/UBTVQH12 of February 27, 2009, on court costs and fees

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ---------	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ----------
No. 10/2009/PL-UBTVQH12	Hanoi, February 27, 2009

ORDINANCE

ON COURT COSTS AND FEES

Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/ QH10;
Pursuant to Resolution No. 11/2007/QH12 on the law- and ordinance-making programs of the XIIth National Assembly (2007-2011) and 2008;
The National Assembly Standing Committee promulgates the Ordinance on Court Costs and Fees.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Ordinance specifies court costs and fees payable by convicts, involved parties in criminal, civil and administrative cases; court cost and fee levels; collection and remittance principles, exemption conditions and procedures; cases not liable to payment of court cost and fee advances and court costs and fees; the obligation to pay court costs and fees; agencies competent to collect court costs and fees; handling of court cost and fee advances and court costs and fees; and settlement of complaints about court costs and fees.

Article 2. Subjects of application

This Ordinance applies to Vietnamese and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals related to court costs and fees.

Article 3. Court costs

1. Court costs include:

a/ Criminal court cost;

b/ Civil court cost, including cost of settlement of civil, marriage and family, business, commercial or labor disputes;

c/ Administrative court cost.

2. Court costs specified in Clause 1 of this Article include first-instance and appellate court costs.

Article 4. Court fees