Seeking comments on the draft Law on Civil Status

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of October 10, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation held a conference to collect comments on the draft Law on Civil Status. Comrade Pham Van Tan, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, chaired the conference. Attending were Comrade Le Quang Huy, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and representatives of provincial departments and branches.

Conference scene.

The draft Law on Civil Status consists of 07 chapters and 77 articles. The draft not only regulates civil status issues but also improves the effectiveness of state management in this field. At the conference, the majority of delegates agreed with the scope of regulation as stated in the Government's Proposal that the Law on Civil Status only regulates civil status issues. The abolition of Birth Certificates and their replacement by Citizen Identification Cards as stipulated in the draft Law is appropriate... Regarding the authority to register civil status, delegates agreed that, as in the draft Law submitted to the National Assembly, civil status registration is assigned to two levels of government, district and commune levels; the above provision inherits the provisions of the current law on registration and management of civil status; on the basis of summarizing and evaluating 10 years of implementation of civil status registration and management and implementation of legal documents on civil status nationwide.

Regarding consular legalization of foreign documents, it is proposed to add that documents established, issued or certified by competent authorities of neighboring countries for use in civil status registration at the People's Committees of communes in border areas are exempt from consular legalization. In addition, delegates also contributed opinions on articles related to marriage registration procedures; on judicial and civil status officials...

At the end of the conference, comrade Pham Van Tan thanked the delegates for their contributions, on which basis they will synthesize and submit to the National Assembly for consideration in the upcoming session.

Quang An