Decree No. 41 Regarding the Abolition of Offices Previously Under the Governor-General of Indochina and Their Incorporation into Ministries of the Provisional Government of Vietnam

Decree No. 41 abolishes offices previously under the Governor-General of Indochina and incorporates them into ministries of the Provisional Government of Vietnam. The decree specifies the transfer of immovable and movable property, as well as personnel, from the old offices to corresponding ministries.

Số hiệu41
Loại văn bảnDecree
Cơ quan ban hànhCentral Account
Người kýHồ Chí Minh — Chủ tịch Chính phủ liên hiệp
Cập nhật18/06/2026
Lĩnh vựcUncategorized
Ngày ban hành03/10/1945
Ngày áp dụng18/10/1945
Ngày hết hiệu lực
Tình trạngExpired
✦ Tóm lược thông minh

Decree No. 41 abolishes offices previously under the Governor-General of Indochina and incorporates them into ministries of the Provisional Government of Vietnam. The decree specifies the transfer of immovable and movable property, as well as personnel, from the old offices to corresponding ministries.

Đối tượng áp dụng

Offices under the Governor-General of Indochina and Ministries of the Provisional Government of Vietnam

Các điểm cốt lõi

  • Abolish all offices previously under the Governor-General of Indochina (Article 1)
  • Transfer immovable and movable property, as well as personnel, from the old offices to corresponding ministries (Article 1)
  • Anyone who does not comply with this decree and destroys or misappropriates property will be punished according to the Criminal Code of the Vietnamese Government (Article 2)
  • Ministers must enforce this decree according to their respective positions (Article 3)
  • Incorporate the old offices into specific ministries such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Information and Propaganda, Ministry of Defense, etc. (Article 1)

🌐 Tác động xã hội từ văn bản này

  • Strengthen the power of the Provisional Government of Vietnam
  • Reduce the intervention of old agencies under the Governor-General of Indochina
  • Reform the state administrative system to facilitate more effective governance

❓ Câu hỏi thường gặp

What offices does Decree No. 41 abolish?

Abolish all offices previously under the Governor-General of Indochina.

What assets of the old offices will be transferred to whom?

Transfer to ministries of the Provisional Government of Vietnam according to the specific distribution outlined in the Decree.

Who is responsible for enforcing this decree?

Ministers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Information and Propaganda, Ministry of Defense, etc., will enforce the Decree according to their respective positions.

Who will be punished if they violate this decree?

Anyone who does not comply with this decree and destroys or misappropriates property will be punished according to the Criminal Code of the Vietnamese Government.

Toàn văn

DECREE

NUMBER 41 OCTOBER 3, 1945

CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

WHEREAS the Council of Ministers has agreed,

ENACTED

ARTICLE 1: All offices and agencies previously under the Indochinese General Government (large offices serving the entire Indochina region and those subordinate to the General Government) established in Hanoi, Saigon, Dalat, or other places within the regions of Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam shall now be abolished.

The immovable and movable properties (residences, buildings, assets, furniture, goods, equipment, office supplies, etc.) of all aforementioned offices must remain intact and be transferred, along with their current staff, to the relevant Ministries of the Provisional Government of Vietnam according to the following distribution:

 

- The former Office of the Governor-General of Indochina

- The former Office of the Lieutenant-Governor of Indochina

- The former Secretary's Office of the Indochinese General Government

- The former Administrative Office of the Indochinese General Government

- The former Telegraph Office of the Indochinese General Government

- The former Household Office of the Indochinese General Government

- The former Foreign Affairs Department of the Indochinese General Government






The Chairman of the Government and
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

- The former Civil Service Office of the Indochinese General Government

- A part of the former Court of Justice of the Indochinese General Government
formerly comprising the Legal and Administrative Department, the
Administrative Litigation and Administrative Prosecution Department,

- A part of the former Political Court of the Indochinese General Government (Internal Affairs Department)
- The former Amnesty Court of the Indochinese General Government

- The former "Official Gazette" Office of the Administrative Office of the Indochinese General Government

Ministry of Interior
For workers during the process of restructuring and reorganizing production in state farms who cannot be reassigned, they will be handled according to the provisions of Decree No. 41/2002/NĐ-CP dated April 11, 2002






- The former Information, Press, Propaganda and Censorship Department of the Ministry of Information

 

and
- The former Postal Inspection Office of the Political Court of the Indochinese General Government

Ministry of Information
- The former Military Affairs Office of the Indochinese General Government


- The former Military Court and Military Detachment
Propaganda

- The former Gendarmerie Department of Indochina

- The former Topography Department

- The former Economic Court of the Indochinese General Government (including the Statistics Office)

- The former General Inspectorate for Agriculture and Livestock




Ministry of Defense

- The former General Inspectorate for Forestry and Fisheries

- The former Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute

- The former Rice and Grain Department

- The former General Inspectorate for Minerals and

Industry

- The former Oceanographic Institute

- The former General Inspectorate for Fisheries

- The former People's Treasury

Ministry of National Education

- The former Physical Education, Sports, and Youth Department,








together with all subordinate agencies

Economics

Ministry of Youth

- The two High Courts of Hanoi and Saigon,

and other courts

- The Administrative Court

- Prisons

- The former General Inspectorate for Health, including

Hospitals




Ministry of Justice

- The Pasteur Institute

- The former Public Works Inspectorate

- The former Indochinese Fire Department



Ministry of Health

- The former Indochinese Astronomical Observatory

- The former Indochinese Post Office

- The former Indochinese Radio Telegraph Office

- The former Maritime Pilotage Office

- The former Marine Administration Office

- The former Merchant Shipping Air Office

Ministry of Public Works

and Transportation





- The former Labor Inspection Office, formerly

belonging to the Court of Justice of the Indochinese General Government

Ministry of Labor

- The former Financial Inspection Office


- The former Land Registry, Property Management, and Direct Taxation Office

- Department of Finance

- The former Commercial Office

- The former Salt and Opium Trading Office

- The former Central Treasury Office

- The former Central Treasury Office of Central and Southern Vietnam

- The former Pension Office of Indochina

- The former Educational Administration Office of Indochina

- The former Indochinese University and its

affiliated schools and agencies







the Ministry of Finance

- The former Vietnamese Studies Institute

- The former Secondary Schools and other

schools

- The former Central Library

- The former Far Eastern Archaeological Institute

ARTICLE 2:

Any person who does not comply with this decree and destroys or misappropriates movable and immovable property or violates the instructions issued will be punished according to the Criminal Code of the Vietnamese Government.

ARTICLE 3:






together with all subordinate agencies

Preferential treatment for

 

 

 

 

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Information and Propaganda, Defense, National Economy, Youth, Justice, Health, Public Works and Transportation, Labor, Finance, and National Education shall implement this decree according to their respective duties. Any person who does not comply with this Decree and destroys or embezzles movable or immovable property, or violates the instructions issued, shall be punished according to the Penal Code of the Government of Vietnam.

Article three: The Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Information and Propaganda, Defense, National Economy, Youth, Justice, Health, Public Works and Transport, Labor, Finance, National Education, shall implement this Decree according to their respective functions.

 

Ho Chi Minh City

(Signed)

 

 

 

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