Circular No. 09/2022/TT-BTP abolishes certain contents in Circulars related to legal aid and civil status registration issued by the Minister of Justice.

CIRCULAR

Repealing certain contents in Circulars on legal aid and civil status issued by the Minister of Justice
the civil status registry issued by the Minister of Justice

Based on the Household Registration Law dated November 20, 2014;

Pursuant to the Legal Aid Law dated June 20, 2017;

Based on the Residence Law dated November 13, 2020;

Based on the Law on Enactment of Legislative Acts dated June 22, 2015;

Based on the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Law on Enactment of Legislative Acts dated June 18, 2020;

Pursuant to Decree No. 98/2022/NĐ-CP dated November 29, 2022, issued by the Government, concerning the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Justice;

Based on Decree No. 123/2015/NĐ-CP dated November 15, 2015 of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures for the implementation of the Household Registration Law;

At the proposal of the Director of the Legal Aid Department and the Director of the Civil Status, Nationality, and Notarization Department, Director of the Civil Status, Notary, and Authentication Department;

The Minister of Justice issues this Circular to repeal certain contents in Circulars on legal aid and civil status issued by the Minister of Justice.

Article 1. Repealing certain contents of Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BTP dated November 15, 2017, of the Minister of Justice detailing certain provisions of the Legal Aid Law and guiding documents in legal aid activities, and Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BTP dated August 28, 2018, of the Minister of Justice guiding certain operational activities and quality management in legal aid.

1. Repealing the content "household registration book" at point a, Clause 3, Article 33 of Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BTP.

2. Repealing the content "issued on... at..." and the content "ethnic group" in Model No. 02-TP-TGPL (Legal Aid Request Form) issued together with Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BTP.

3. Repealing the content "issued on..., place of issuance..." and the content "occupation" in Model No. 04-TP-TGPL (Request for Change of Legal Aid Provider Form) issued together with Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BTP.

4. Repealing the content "issued on..., place of issuance...", the content "occupation", and the content "ethnic group" in Model No. 05-TP-TGPL (Withdrawal of Legal Aid Request Form) issued together with Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BTP.

Article 2. Repealing certain contents of Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BTP dated May 28, 2020, of the Minister of Justice detailing the implementation of certain provisions of the Civil Status Law and Decree No. 123/2015/NĐ-CP dated November 15, 2015, of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures to implement the Civil Status Law.

Repealing the content "household registration book, temporary residence certificate" at Clause 1, Article 8, and at point b, Clause 3, Article 9 of Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BTP.

Article 3. Transitional Provisions

1. Requests for legal aid, requests for change of legal aid provider, and withdrawal of legal aid requests received by legal aid organizations before the effective date of this Circular and not yet resolved shall continue to be resolved according to the provisions of Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BTP.

2. Applications for birth registration for individuals who have personal files and applications for re-registration of birth received by civil status registration authorities before the effective date of this Circular and not yet resolved shall continue to be resolved according to the provisions of Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BTP.

Article 4. Implementation provisions

1. This Circular takes effect from January 1, 2023.

2. The Directors of the Legal Aid Department, the Civil Status, Nationality, and Notarization Department, Heads of units under the Ministry of Justice, Directors of Provincial Departments of Justice, Directors of State Legal Aid Centers in provinces and centrally-administered cities, and relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals are responsible for implementing this Circular. In the course of implementation, if there are difficulties, they are requested to promptly report to the Ministry of Justice for study and resolution.

In the course of implementation, if there are difficulties, they are requested to promptly report to the Ministry of Justice for study and resolution./.