Pháp lệnh 25/2000/PL-UBTVQH10

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.

To amend Article 18 of the Ordinance on Organization of Military Courts as follows:

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