Decree No. 22A-SL Regarding the Amendment of Article 65 of Decree No. 63 dated November 22, 1945 on the Organization of People's Councils and Administrative Committees

DECREE-LAW

Amending Article 65 of Decree-Law No. 63 dated November 22, 1945 on the organization of People's Councils and Administrative Committees

CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

Whereas Decree-Law No. 63 dated November 22, 1945 on the organization of People's Councils and Administrative Committees;

Whereas at the request of the Minister of Interior Affairs;

After deliberation by the Government Council;

ISSUES THE FOLLOWING DECREE-LAW:

Article 1. Article 65 of the Decree dated November 22, 1945 is hereby amended as follows:

"Civil servants and soldiers on active duty may be members of People's Councils."

"If civil servants are elected to an Administrative Committee at the district, provincial or regional level, they must request leave without pay to join the Administrative Committee or refuse to accept such election. Temporarily until regulations stipulate allowances for committee members, civil servants in such cases may temporarily resign from their current positions to join the Administrative Committee and still receive salary and allowances according to their rank and new place of work."

"Civil servants elected to an Administrative Committee at the commune level may concurrently serve as civil servants and participate in the Commune-level Administrative Committee, but they can only receive either their civil servant's salary or the allowance for a committee member of the Commune-level Administrative Committee."

"Soldiers on active duty are not eligible to run for election to an Administrative Committee (at the commune, district, provincial or regional level)."

Article 2. The Minister of Interior Affairs shall implement this Decree-Law.