Circular No. 64/2019/TT-BCA provides regulations on handling cases where persons granted conditional early release from imprisonment, persons granted suspension of sentence execution, persons granted suspended sentences, and persons serving non-custodial reform change their place of residence.

CIRCULAR

Regulations on handling cases where persons granted conditional early release from imprisonment, persons granted suspension of sentence execution, persons granted suspended sentences, and persons serving non-custodial corrective measures change their place of residence

conditions for persons granted suspension of imprisonment, probation, or non-custodial reform to change their place of residence

suspend, conditional release with residence change

Pursuant to the Criminal Enforcement Law 2019;

Pursuant to the Law on Residence 2006 (amended and supplemented in 2013);

Pursuant to Decree No. 31/2014/NĐ-CP dated April 18, 2014 of the Government detailing certain provisions and implementing mechanisms of the Law on Residence;

Pursuant to Decree No. 01/2018/NĐ-CP dated August 6, 2018 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Public Security;

At the proposal of the Director of the Department of Police for Custody, Pre-Trial Detention, and Community Criminal Enforcement;

The Minister of Public Security issues this Circular regulating the handling of cases where persons granted conditional early release from imprisonment, persons granted suspension of sentence execution, persons granted suspended sentences, and persons serving non-custodial corrective measures change their place of residence.

PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of Regulation

This Circular stipulates:

1. Cases of changing place of residence for persons granted conditional early release from imprisonment, persons granted suspension of sentence execution, persons granted suspended sentences, and persons serving non-custodial corrective measures (hereinafter collectively referred to as persons serving sentences).

2. Implementation of handling cases where persons serving sentences change their place of residence.

3. Implementation of managing persons granted conditional early release from imprisonment, persons granted suspension of sentence execution; supervising and educating persons granted suspended sentences, persons serving non-custodial corrective measures (hereinafter collectively referred to as managing, supervising, and educating persons serving sentences) when changing place of residence.

Article 2. Applicability

This Circular applies to

1. Criminal enforcement agencies under the Ministry of Public Security, criminal enforcement agencies of provincial police departments, criminal enforcement agencies of district police departments, People's Committees at the commune level, commune-level police stations, and police units and localities.

2. Persons serving sentences.

3. Agencies, units, and organizations related to the implementation of managing, supervising, and educating persons serving sentences.

Article 3. Cases eligible for consideration and resolution of changing place of residence

Persons serving sentences are eligible for consideration and resolution of changing place of residence if they meet the following requirements:

1. Ensuring the requirements stipulated by laws on residence.

2. Having legitimate reasons to change place of residence, falling into one of the following cases:

a) Living with family members who have moved to another place of residence;

b) Moving to reside with spouse after marriage; moving to another place of residence after divorce;

c) Moving to reside with father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, or child to fulfill the obligation of care and support in cases where father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, or child suffer from serious illness without other caregivers or are elderly and have no support;

d) Moving to another place of residence to ensure employment or study;

đ) Losing place of residence due to eviction, natural disasters, fire, or enemy attacks;

e) Forced to sell property to remedy consequences or ensure livelihood;

g) Due to epidemic reasons or to ensure national defense and security requirements;

h) Other cases decided by the Criminal Enforcement Management Agency under the Ministry of Public Security.

3. The place of residence transferred to must have a specific, clear, and long-term stable address.

4. Handling the change of place of residence for persons serving sentences must ensure that it does not affect public security and order; it must meet the requirements of managing, supervising, and educating persons serving sentences and the stability of their lives and integration into the community.

Chapter II
HANDLING THE CHANGE OF PLACE OF RESIDENCE FOR PERSONS SERVING SENTENCES

Article 4. Acceptance and Resolution of Applications for Change of Place of Residence by Persons Serving Sentences

1. The police station of the commune where the management, supervision, and education of persons serving sentences are being carried out (the place of departure) shall guide persons serving sentences to write applications for change of place of residence and submit them to the police station of the commune. The application for change of place of residence must clearly state the reasons for changing the place of residence.

2. Within three working days from the date of receiving the application for change of place of residence from persons serving sentences, the police station of the commune of departure shall advise the People's Committee of the commune to report to the criminal enforcement agency of the police station of the district about the case of persons serving sentences requesting to change their place of residence, attaching the application for change of place of residence of the person serving the sentence.

3. Within three working days from the date of receiving the report from the People's Committee of the commune of departure, the criminal enforcement agency of the police station of the district of departure shall implement:

a) Conduct verification and consider resolution in cases of requesting to change the place of residence within the administrative unit of the district;

b) Report to the criminal enforcement agency of the police station of the province in cases of requesting to change the place of residence outside the administrative unit of the district but within the administrative unit of the province;

c) Report to the Criminal Enforcement Management Agency under the Ministry of Public Security in cases of requesting to change the place of residence outside the administrative unit of the province.

4. Based on the results of verification or opinions of the criminal enforcement agency of the police station of the province, the Criminal Enforcement Management Agency under the Ministry of Public Security, and the criminal enforcement agency of the police station of the district of departure, a decision on resolving the case of persons serving sentences requesting to change their place of residence shall be made and sent to the person serving the sentence and the People's Committee of the commune of departure. The decision on resolving the request for change of place of residence by persons serving sentences must clearly state whether it agrees or disagrees with the person serving the sentence changing their place of residence; if it disagrees, the reasons must be clearly stated.

5. Police units and localities have the responsibility to coordinate with the Criminal Enforcement Management Agency under the Ministry of Public Security and criminal enforcement agencies at various levels of the police in verifying information to serve the resolution of changes in the place of residence of persons serving sentences.

Article 5. Acceptance and Implementation of Decisions on Resolving Cases of Persons Serving Sentences Requesting to Change Their Place of Residence

1. In cases where persons serving sentences are allowed to change their place of residence:

Within three working days from the date of receiving the decision on resolving the request for change of place of residence by persons serving sentences, the police station of the commune of departure shall advise the People's Committee of the commune to implement:

a) Evaluate the process of compliance with laws and fulfillment of obligations by persons serving sentences during the period of serving sentences in the locality;

b) Transfer the file managing persons granted conditional early release, the file managing persons granted suspension of imprisonment, the file supervising and educating persons granted suspended sentences, and the file supervising and educating persons serving non-custodial sentences (hereinafter collectively referred to as the file managing, supervising, and educating persons serving sentences) to the criminal enforcement agency of the police station of the district. The transfer of files must be recorded in a protocol, and the file managing, supervising, and educating persons serving sentences must be kept. c) Inform the person serving the sentence so that they can proceed with the procedures for transferring their place of residence according to the law on residence.

2. In cases where persons serving sentences are not allowed to change their place of residence, the police station of the commune of departure shall implement:

a) Keep the decision on resolving the case of persons serving sentences requesting to change their place of residence in the file managing, supervising, and educating persons serving sentences;

b) Notify the person serving the sentence in writing of the reasons for not allowing the change of place of residence and require them to continue strictly fulfilling their obligations under the sentence;

c) Continue implementing the management, supervision, and education of persons serving sentences according to regulations.

c) Continue to implement management, supervision, and education of the person serving the sentence in accordance with the regulations.

Article 6. Resolution of Change of Place of Residence within the Administrative Unit at the District Level

Within three working days from the date of receiving the management, supervision, and education file of the person serving the sentence handed over by the People's Committee of the commune where the person is transferring from pursuant to Point b Clause 1 Article 5 of this Circular, the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Department at the district level shall implement: The 1. Notifying and handing over the management, supervision, and education file of the person serving the sentence to the People's Committee of the commune where the person is transferring to for organizing the management, supervision, and education of the person serving the sentence. The handover must be recorded in a protocol and the management, supervision, and education file of the person serving the sentence must be kept.

2. Reporting to the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Department at the provincial level on the change of place of residence of the person serving the sentence.

Article 7. Resolution of Change of Place of Residence outside the Administrative Unit at the District Level but within the Administrative Unit at the Provincial Level

1. Within five working days from the date of receiving the report of the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Department at the district level where the person is transferring from pursuant to Point b Clause 3 Article 4 of this Circular, the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Department at the provincial level where the person is transferring from shall implement:

a) Conducting verification and considering resolution;

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2. Within three working days from the date of receipt of the notification from the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the provincial police force, the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the county police force where the person is moving from must issue a decision on the resolution of the case where the person serving the sentence requests to change their place of residence in accordance with Clause 4, Article 4 of this Circular and send that decision to the People's Committee of the commune for the implementation of the procedures stipulated in Article 5 of this Circular.

3. Within three working days from the date of receipt of the management, supervision, and education file of the person serving the sentence handed over by the People's Committee of the commune in accordance with Point b, Clause 1, Article 5 of this Circular, the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the county police force where the person is moving from shall perform: The commune people's committee hand over in accordance with point b, clause 1, Article 5 of this Circular, the criminal enforcement agency of the police at the district level where the person goes to implement:

a) Notify and hand over the file of the person granted conditional early release, the file implementing the decision to suspend the execution of the custodial sentence, the file implementing the suspended sentence, and the file implementing the non-custodial reform sentence (hereinafter referred to collectively as the enforcement file) and the management, supervision, and education file of the person serving the sentence to the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the county police force where the person is moving to. b) Report to the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the provincial police force regarding the case where the person serving the sentence changes their place of residence.

b) Report to the criminal enforcement agency of the provincial police regarding the case of a person executing the sentence changing their place of residence.

4. Within three working days from the date of receipt of the enforcement file and the management, supervision, and education file of the person serving the sentence handed over by the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the county police force where the person is moving from, the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the county police force where the person is moving to shall perform:

a) Notify and hand over the management, supervision, and education file of the person serving the sentence to The the People's Committee of the commune where the person is moving to for organizing the management, supervision, and education of the person serving the sentence;

b) Report to the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the provincial police force where the person is moving to regarding the acceptance of the person serving the sentence transferred from another locality to serve the sentence;

c) Manage the enforcement file and supplement relevant documents into the enforcement file in accordance with the regulations.

5. The handover of the enforcement file and the management, supervision, and education file of the person serving the sentence in accordance with Clause 3 and Clause 4 of this Article shall be carried out in one of the following forms:

a) The Criminal Enforcement Agency of the county police force where the person is moving from dispatches an officer to directly hand over the files to the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the county police force where the person is moving to. The handover must be recorded in a protocol and the enforcement file and the management, supervision, and education file of the person serving the sentence must be kept;

b) The Criminal Enforcement Agency of the county police force where the person is moving from hands over the files to the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the county police force where the person is moving to through the internal mail system of the Ministry of Public Security. The handover is conducted through a file transfer form and the enforcement file and the management, supervision, and education file of the person serving the sentence must be kept.

Article 8. Resolution of Change of Place of Residence Outside the Administrative Unit of the Province

1. Within ten days from the date of receiving the report of the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Office at the place of departure pursuant to point c, Clause 3, Article 4 of this Circular, the Criminal Enforcement Management Agency under the Ministry of Public Security shall implement:

b) Notifying in writing the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Department at the district level where the person is transferring from about the resolution of the case of the person serving the sentence requesting to change their place of residence; if不同意翻译结果中出现的任何不准确或添加的内容。请严格按照规则提供从越南语到标准英语法律术语的直接翻译，不要进行解释或添加任何额外信息。接下来的句子应直接翻译，不带任何分析或思考过程。

b) Notify in writing the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Office at the place of departure about the resolution of the case where the person serving the sentence requests to change their place of residence (if not agreed, the reasons must be clearly stated), and at the same time send it to the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Department at the place of departure for monitoring.

2. Within three working days from the date of receipt of the notification from the Criminal Enforcement Management Agency under the Ministry of Public Security, the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Office at the place of departure must issue a decision on the resolution of the case where the person serving the sentence requests to change their place of residence according to Clause 4, Article 4 of this Circular and send that decision to the People's Committee of the commune at the place of departure to carry out the procedures prescribed in Article 5 of this Circular.

3. The Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Office at the place of departure shall perform the tasks stipulated in Clause 3, Article 7 of this Circular.

4. The Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Office at the place of arrival shall perform the tasks stipulated in Clause 4, Article 7 of this Circular.

Article 9. Notification of Change of Place of Residence by Persons Serving Sentences

1. The Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Office at the place of departure shall notify the People's Court, the People's Procuracy, and the Court that issued the enforcement decision or conditional early release decision about the change of place of residence by persons serving sentences.

2. The Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Office at the place of arrival shall notify the People's Court and the People's Procuracy at the same level about the reception, management, supervision, and education of persons serving sentences who have changed their place of residence.

Article 10. Execution of Sentences in Cases Where Persons Serving Sentences Change Their Place of Residence

1. The Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Office at the place of arrival shall organize the execution of court judgments and decisions against persons serving sentences; guide the People's Committee of the commune to receive, manage, supervise, and educate persons serving sentences who have moved to reside according to the provisions of the Criminal Enforcement Law and the Ministry of Public Security.

2. The Public Security Station at the place of arrival has the responsibility to advise The the People's Committee of the commune on the reception of files for managing, supervising, and educating persons serving sentences handed over by the Criminal Enforcement Agency of the Public Security Office at the place of arrival, and to manage, supervise, and educate persons serving sentences according to the provisions of the Criminal Enforcement Law.

Chapter III
IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS

Article 11. Effective Date

This Circular takes effect from January 15, 2020.

Article 12. Responsibility for Implementation

1. Heads of units under the Ministry, Directors of Public Security Departments of provinces and centrally-administered cities, and related agencies, organizations, and individuals are responsible for implementing this Circular.

2. The Community-based Criminal Enforcement Supervision Bureau is responsible for monitoring, guiding, inspecting, and urging the implementation of this Circular.

3. During the implementation of this Circular, if there are difficulties or obstacles, public security units and localities shall report to the Ministry (through the Community-based Criminal Enforcement Supervision Bureau) for timely guidance./.