Comments on the draft Law in Nghe An: Ensuring the rights and obligations of people serving prison sentences
(Baonghean.vn) - The National Assembly delegation of Nghe An province held a conference to collect comments on the draft Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgments (amended) on the morning of April 8. Mr. Tran Van Mao - Deputy Head of the National Assembly delegation of the province chaired the conference.
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| Attending the conference were representatives of the Provincial Party Committee Office, People's Council, Provincial People's Committee; representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors. Photo: Dang Nguyen |
At the conference, delegates said that this is a very important draft law to ensure the implementation of the Constitution, basic rights and obligations of citizens, overcome the limitations and inadequacies of current laws and in the practice of organizing the implementation of criminal judgments and ensuring the uniformity of legal documents passed by the National Assembly, including the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and other laws on justice.
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| Representative of the Provincial Police Detention Center spoke. Photo: Dang Nguyen |
Many delegates said that according to Joint Circular No. 04, detention camps under the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of National Defense, provincial police detention camps, and military regions all have the authority to issue conditional early release certificates. However, according to Clause 4, Article 18 of the draft, only detention camps under the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense have this authority.
Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the conditional early release certificate for prisoners. Issue a certificate of completion of prison sentence for prisoners serving their sentence at detention camps under the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of National Defense...
In addition, delegates focused on discussing a number of issues on conditional early release; the time to consider shortening the probation period; cases where prisoners have been recommended for conditional early release but violate the law before the court's decision to release them; on the execution of suspended sentences; contents to ensure the rights of prisoners and those sentenced to death, on the labor of prisoners serving prison sentences, on the health insurance regime for prisoners, health assessment for those whose sentence is postponed or temporarily suspended to continue serving their sentence, on the time limit for considering and resolving requests for sentence reduction of those sentenced to death.
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| People whose sentences were reduced complete procedures before returning home at the Nghe An Provincial Police Detention Center. Photo courtesy |
Regarding the execution of non-custodial reform sentences and suspended sentences, it is necessary to specifically regulate the organization of the execution of suspended sentences by the agency or organization where the person enjoying the suspended sentence works; the obligations of the person enjoying the suspended sentence...
Concluding the conference, comrade Tran Van Mao acknowledged and summarized all opinions to submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration at the upcoming session; at the same time, he requested delegates to continue to pay attention to research and make contributions to the draft Law.