ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 18 OF THE ORDINANCE ON ORGANIZATION OF MILITARY COURTSORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 18 OF THE ORDINANCE ON ORGANIZATION OF MILITARY COURTS
(No. 25/2000/PL-UBTVQH10 of July 25, 2000)
Pursuant to Article 91 of the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
Pursuant to the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Criminal Procedures Code, which was adopted on June 9, 2000 by the National Assembly;
This Ordinance amends Article 18 of the Ordinance on Organization of Military Courts, which was passed on April 19, 1993 by the National Assembly�s Standing Committee.
Article 1.-
To amend Article 18 of the Ordinance on Organization of Military Courts as follows:
"Article 18.-
1. The central military courts shall have the competence:
a/ To conduct appellate trial of cases, where the lower-level military courts� judgements or decisions, which have not yet taken legal effect, are directly appealed or protested against;
b/ To conduct casassion and trial review of cases, where the lower-level military courts� judgements or decisions, which have already taken legal effect, are directly protested.
c/ The central military court shall supervise the trials by the lower-level military courts".
Article 2.- This Ordinance takes effect as from August 1st, 2000.
Article 3.- The Government and the Supreme People�s Court shall, within the ambit of their respective tasks and powers, guide the implementation of this Ordinance.
On behalf of the National Assembly�s Standing Committee
Chairman
NONG DUC MANH