NA Standing Committee discusses draft laws

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee gave opinions on the drafts of the revised Law on Administrative Procedures and the revised Criminal Procedure Code at ​its 42nd session in Hanoi on October 14.

Head of the NA Committee for Legal Affairs Phan Trung Ly and permanent member of the NA Committee for Judicial Affairs Do Van Duong suggested clarifying the role, position, function and tasks of the People’s Procuracy in the draft revised Law on Administrative Procedures in line with the Constitution’s regulations.

Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy Nguyen Hoa Binh proposed keeping the stipulation in the current Law on Administrative Procedures that the People’s Procuracy is the agency in charge of conducting procedures in the field, which received consensus from a majority of lawmakers.

Regarding the opinion statement of the People’s Procuracy at the court during administrative cases, the NA Standing Committee agreed that the procurator will not propose ways to deal with administrative cases in line with the 2014 Law on the Organisation of the People’s Procuracy, the 2013 Law on the Organisation of the People’s Court and the 2013 Constitution.

As regard the revised Criminal Procedure Code, most deputies supported the principle stipulated in the draft that an accused person is considered innocent until proved otherwise in accordance with the proceedings and procedures stipulated by the Code and the court’s verdict takes effect.

The draft’s stipulation that the defendant is allowed to read and take note of copies of documents relating to their incrimination also received approval, as did the stipulation on compulsory recording of interrogations.

Lawmakers proposed adding strict regulations on the procedures for and the preservation and utilisation of the recordings to serve the investigation, prosecution, and judgment.-VNA