Circular No. 10/2023/TT-BTP amends and supplements certain Articles of Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BTP and Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BTP concerning detailed regulations of the Legal Aid Law. This document focuses on changing registration procedures, modifying the content of legal aid documents, and updating related forms.
适用范围
The Legal Aid Agency, Departments of Justice of provinces/cities directly under the central government, State Legal Aid Centers of provinces/cities directly under the central government, and relevant organizations and individuals
要点
- An organization wishing to change the content of the Registration Certificate must submit an application to the Department of Justice according to Article 20 (Article 1.1).
- When terminating legal aid services, the organization must notify and submit the file to the Department of Justice according to Clause 2, Article 16 of the Legal Aid Law (Article 1.2).
- Forms such as the Application for Legal Aid Volunteer Position and the Application for Reissuance of Legal Aid Volunteer Card have been replaced with new models (Article 1.3).
- Some forms in legal aid business operations and quality management of legal aid cases have been updated (Article 2).
- National Population Database will be utilized to reduce the requirement for citizens to provide information when performing administrative procedures in the field of legal aid (Article 4.2).
🌐 本文件的社会影响
- Facilitate organizations and individuals participating in legal aid in updating information and completing procedures more easily.
- Save time and costs for citizens by not having to provide redundant information.
- Enhance the effectiveness of quality management of legal aid cases.
❓ 常见问题
I want to change the content of my Registration Certificate for legal aid participation, what should I do?
You need to submit an application including the Request for Change of Content of the Registration Certificate and the original Registration Certificate already issued to the Department of Justice where the registration was made.
When must an organization report the termination of legal aid implementation?
The organization must report when terminating according to points b and d, Clause 2, Article 16 of the Legal Aid Law.
Have there been any changes to the forms used in legal aid activities?
The Application for Legal Aid Volunteer Position and the Application for Reissuance of Legal Aid Volunteer Card have been replaced with new models.
How does the National Population Database affect administrative procedures in the legal aid field?
Upon completion of the connection to the National Population Database, civil servants and officials will not require citizens to provide gender and permanent residence address information.
When does this circular take effect?
This circular takes effect from February 15, 2024.
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CIRCULAR
Amending and supplementing certain Articles of Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BTP
dated November 15, 2017 issued by 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
guiding certain operational activities of legal aid and quality management of legal aid cases
issued by the Minister of Justice The Minister of Justice issues this Circular amending and supplementing certain Articles of Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BTP dated November 15, 2017 issued by 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 issued by the Minister of Justice guiding certain operational activities of legal aid and quality management of legal aid cases.
Article 1. Amending and supplementing certain Articles of Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BTP dated November 15, 2017 issued by the Minister of Justice detailing certain provisions of the Legal Aid Law and guiding documents in legal aid activities
Pursuant to the Legal Aid Law dated June 20, 2017;
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;
At the proposal of the Director of the Legal Aid Agency;
1. Amending Clause 1 of Article 20 of Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BTP as follows:
"1. When wishing to change the content of the Legal Aid Participation Registration Certificate, the organization registering for legal aid shall submit directly or online or send through postal service one set of documents to the Department of Justice where it has registered for legal aid. The documents include: A request form for changing the content of the Legal Aid Participation Registration Certificate according to the model issued together with Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BTP (Model TP-TGPL-04); the original Legal Aid Participation Registration Certificate that has been issued. In case of submission via online method, the organization registering for legal aid shall send the original Legal Aid Participation Registration Certificate that has been issued through postal service."
2. Amending Clause 1 of Article 22 of Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BTP as follows:
"1. In cases of termination as prescribed at point b and point d of Clause 2 of Article 16 of the Legal Aid Law, the organization registering for legal aid shall submit directly or online or send through postal service one set of documents to the Department of Justice where it has registered for legal aid. The documents include: A notification letter on the termination of legal aid provision; the original Legal Aid Participation Registration Certificate that has been issued. In case of submission via online method, the organization registering for legal aid shall send the original Legal Aid Participation Registration Certificate that has been issued through postal service."
3. Replacing some forms issued together with Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BTP as follows:
"a) The application form for becoming a legal aid volunteer (Model TP-TGPL-10) is replaced by Model TP-TGPL-10 issued together with this Circular;
b) The application form for reissuing a legal aid volunteer card (Model TP-TGPL-11) is replaced by Model TP-TGPL-11 issued together with this Circular."
Article 2. Replacing some forms issued together with Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BTP dated August 28, 2018 issued by the Minister of Justice guiding certain operational activities of legal aid and quality management of legal aid cases
1. The legal aid request form (Model 02-TP-TGPL) is replaced by Model 02-TP-TGPL issued together with this Circular;
2. The complaint form (Model 03-TP-TGPL) is replaced by Model 03-TP-TGPL issued together with this Circular;
3. The application form for changing the person providing legal aid (Model 04-TP-TGPL) is replaced by Model 04-TP-TGPL issued together with this Circular;
4. The withdrawal of legal aid request form (Model 05-TP-TGPL) is replaced by Model 05-TP-TGPL issued together with this Circular.
The Director of the Legal Aid Support Center, Heads of units under the Ministry of Justice, Directors of Provincial Departments of Justice, Directors of State Legal Aid Centers in provinces and centrally-run cities, and relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals are responsible for implementing this Circular.
2. Upon completion of the connection to the National Population Database, civil servants, officials, and individuals assigned the responsibility of receiving and processing administrative procedures in the field of legal aid shall extract information about gender and permanent residence address of citizens from the National Population Database without requiring citizens to provide such information.
This Circular takes effect from December 25, 2025/.
3. During implementation, if there are any difficulties, please promptly report them to the Ministry of Justice for research and resolution.
Article 4. Implementation provisions
1. This Circular takes effect from February 15, 2024.
2. When the national population database connection is completed, civil servants, officials, and individuals assigned the responsibility of receiving and processing administrative procedures in the field of legal aid shall access information on gender and permanent residence address of citizens in the national population database without requiring citizens to provide such information.
3. During implementation, if there are any difficulties, they are requested to promptly report them to the Ministry of Justice for study and resolution.
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