Strengthen inspection and strictly handle violations in the field of notarization.
(Baonghean.vn) - That is one of the guiding opinions of comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee at the Conference summarizing 5 years of implementing the Notary Law.
On the afternoon of August 18, the People's Committee of Nghe An province held a conference to summarize 5 years of implementing the Law on Notarization. Comrades Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Quoc Hao - Director of the Department of Justice chaired the conference. Attending were comrade Dang Kim Hoa - Deputy Director of the Department of Judicial Support, Ministry of Justice; representatives of leaders of relevant departments, branches and units.
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Overview of the conference. Photo: D.C. |
Notarized 398,826 cases
The 2014 Notary Law was passed by the National Assembly on June 20, 2014, and took effect from January 1, 2015. After more than 5 years of implementation, notary activities have always received attention and direction from the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and Provincial People's Committee, promptly creating conditions for notary offices to establish and operate, while ensuring compliance with the law in State management.
Up to now, in Nghe An province, there are 34 notary organizations (with 68 notaries), including 2 notary offices and 32 notary offices distributed in 15 district-level units. There are 24 notary offices in operation established under the 2006 Notary Law and 8 notary offices established under the provisions of the 2014 Notary Law.
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Supervising public reception work at Notary Office No. 2. Photo: Dang Cuong |
During the 5 years of implementing the 2014 Notary Law (2015 - 2019), notary organizations in Nghe An province notarized 398,826 cases, authenticated 677,773 documents, collected notary fees of VND 100,568,258,000, authentication fees of VND 2,586,922,000, collected notary remuneration of VND 4,643,959,000, and paid to the State budget VND 14,278,481,000.
The results achieved have confirmed that the Law has truly entered life, the number of notaries and notary organizations has increased in both quantity and quality of service; the activities of notary offices have become increasingly professional, becoming an indispensable public service in social life, contributing significantly to the process of administrative reform and judicial reform.
Encourage and facilitate the development of notary organizations.
At the conference, many opinions pointed out the difficulties and problems in the implementation of the 2014 Notary Law such as: The uneven distribution of notary offices in localities in the province has affected beneficiaries, especially people in remote areas; Unhealthy competition in the practice of notary still exists, affecting the reputation and quality of notary offices and notaries, affecting the legal safety of notarized contracts...
Speaking at the conference, comrades Dang Kim Hoa - Deputy Director of the Department of Judicial Support, Ministry of Justice; Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee commended and acknowledged the results achieved in the implementation of the Notary Law in the past time. At the same time, it was pointed out that through this summary conference, it is necessary to make a comprehensive and accurate assessment, and at the same time propose solutions to overcome the above-mentioned difficulties and shortcomings.
Specifically, it is necessary to summarize the difficulties and shortcomings of legal regulations to propose amendments, supplements and timely guidance; Continue to strengthen propaganda and dissemination of the Notary Law and related legal documents to raise people's awareness of the role and functions of notaries; Have solutions to develop the local notary team to meet the requirements of socializing notary activities in the province.
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Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee delivered a speech at the conference. Photo: D.C. |
Comrade Le Hong Vinh emphasized: Along with the above solutions, it is necessary to advise on the establishment of notary offices that ensure sufficient conditions according to the provisions of the Law on Notarization and the Regulations on criteria issued by the Provincial People's Committee; encourage and facilitate the development of notary organizations in district-level areas where notary organizations have not been established. Along with that, it is necessary to strengthen inspection, examination, strictly handle violations and propose solutions to prevent and limit violations of the law in the fields of notarization.
On this occasion, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 7 individuals with outstanding achievements in 5 years of implementing the Notary Law in Nghe An province, period 2014-2020.
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Comrade Le Hong Vinh awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 groups with outstanding achievements. Photo: D.C. |
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Awarding Certificates of Merit to 7 individuals with outstanding achievements. Photo: D.C. |