DECISION

PROMULGATING THE LEVELS OF FEES FOR GRANTING JUDICIAL RECORD TICKETS

THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 15/CP of March 2, 1993 on the tasks, powers and State management responsibilities of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 178/CP of October 28, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 04/1999/ND-CP of January 30, 1999 on charges and fees belonging to the State budget;
After getting opinions of the Ministry of Justice (Official Dispatch No. 1233/TP-LLTP of July 21, 2000) and at the proposal of the General Director of Tax,

DECIDES:

Article 1.- Vietnamese citizens and foreigners, when filing their applications and being granted judicial record tickets by the competent State management agency as prescribed in Joint Circular No. 07/1999/TTLT-BTP-BCA of February 8, 1999 of the Justice Ministry and the Public Security Ministry, shall have to pay fees for the judicial record ticket granting at the following levels:

1. Vietnamese citizens in the country: VND 100,000/granting/person;

2. Foreigners and overseas Vietnamese: VND 200,000/granting/person.

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Article 2.- The fee collecting agency shall be entitled to deduct 20% of the total fee amount actually collected to cover the expense for the work of collection organization according to the following contents:

- Expense for the purchase (or printing) of set forms of application, judicial record tickets and accounting books.

- Expense for the work of verification of judicial record tickets in complicated cases.

- Deduction for reward fund for officials and public servants who perform the work of the fee collection and remittance. The annual average reward-fund deduction level per person shall not exceed 3 (three) months’ actually paid salary.

- Other expenses directly relating to the work of fee collection.

The remainder (80%) must be remitted into the State budget. The fee amount deducted according to the above-said percentage (20%) must be balanced into the annual budget estimates and used in strict accordance with the prescribed regime. At the year end, if this amount has not yet been used up, the remainder must be remitted into the State budget. The collecting agencies shall have to organize the fee collection, payment and management in accordance with the provisions in the Government’s Decree No. 04/1999/ND-CP of January 30, 1999 on charges and fees belonging to the State budget and the Finance Ministry’s Circular No. 54/1999/TT-BTC of May 10, 1999 guiding the implementation of this Decree.

Article 3.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing. To annul the stipulations on the fee collection for the judicial record tickets granting, which are contrary to this Decision.

Article 4.- Organizations and individuals being fee-payers and the concerned agencies shall have to implement this Decision.

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FOR THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
VICE MINISTER




Vu Van Ninh