The National Assembly Standing Committee on April 21 scrutinised aGovernment proposal on revisions and amendments to the Law onEnforcement of Civil Judgements.
According tothe proposal, the revision of the law is prompted by the shortcomings inthe enforcement of civil judgements. The number of enforced verdicts,while showing an increase from the period before the law was put inplace, remained short of target. A total of 239,144 judgements issued in2013 were not implemented within their due date, it said, citingreasons such as some unfeasible stipulations in the law and unclearcontents of some court decisions.
TheGovernment proposed adding 11 new articles, making amendments to 65articles and abolishing 4 articles of the current 183-article civiljudgement enforcement law.
Most opinions of thecommittee’s members agreed with the need to revise the law, stressingthat attention should be paid to issues of great concern, including theverification of assets and conditions of judgement debtors in order toexecute the verdict and the coercive enforcement of judgements.
The law makers also noted that any revisions and amendments should bein line with related laws including the Penal Code, the Civil Code, theCriminal Procedure Code, the Civil Procedure Code and the laws on theorganisation of people’s courts and people’s procuracies.-VNA