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At the 4th session held on July 8, the National Assembly Standing Committee considered and approved the project Ordinance on Order and Procedures for the Peoples Court to consider and decide on sending drug addicts from 12 years old to under 18 years old to compulsory detoxification. Download The National Assembly Standing Committee considers and approves the Ordinance project on Order and Procedures for the Peoples Court to consider and decide on sending drug addicts from 12 years old to under 18 years old to compulsory detoxification. Presenting the proposal, Chief Justice of the Supreme Peoples Court Nguyen Van Quang said that the draft Ordinance was developed to ensure compliance with the 2025 Law on Drug Prevention and Control, while also meeting the requirements of digital transformation and simplification of procedures. procedures, shortening the time to resolve cases. The draft supplements regulations on sending, delivering, and receiving documents, records, and documents by electronic means; Amend the meeting order and procedures in the direction of assigning judges to proactively manage questioning and debate appropriate to each case. The draft also shortens the time limit for the court to consider and decide on compulsory drug treatment from 15 days to 10 days, and in complicated cases from 30 days to 20 days; stipulated that at a meeting of a first instance nature, if the prosecutor is absent, the court does not have to postpone the meeting. Examining the Ordinance project, the Law and Justice Committee approved the need to promulgate a new Ordinance to comprehensively amend Ordinance No. 01/2022/UBTVQH15. The inspection agency believes that the draft is basically consistent with the Constitution, ensuring consistency with the 2025 Law on Drug Prevention and Control and related laws; Eligible dossiers are submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and decision. The Law and Justice Committee requests that the Supreme Peoples Court continue to carefully review the regulations on applicants who have a stable place of residence and do not have a stable place of residence; Supplementing the case of suspension when the statute of limitations for applying the measure of sending to compulsory drug treatment expires; Clearly separate the sending of court decisions that are not yet effective to exercise the right to complain, petition, or protest from the sending of effective decisions for implementation. The inspection agency also proposed to continue reviewing the transitional provisions, ensuring synchronization between the time the 2025 Law on Drug Prevention and Control takes effect from July 1, 2026 and the time the Ordinance is expected to take effect from August 1, 2026. Regarding the regulations on electronic methods in sending, delivering, and receiving documents, records, and documents, the inspection agency agreed but requested to clarify the requirements for collection, exploitation, sharing, Store data for the right purpose, with the right authority, ensuring information security, especially personal data of minors. Concluding this content, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh stated clearly that the National Assembly Standing Committee agrees with the need to promulgate a new Ordinance and basically approves of the revised and supplemented contents of the draft. The National Assembly Standing Committee requested the Supreme Peoples Court to coordinate with the Law and Justice Committee and relevant agencies to receive maximum comments at the meeting, continue to revise and complete the draft. The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly emphasized a number of contents that need to be clearly expressed, including: Adding regulations on sending, delivering, and receiving documents, records, and documents electronically associated with digitizing records and information security; Supplementing the case of suspension when the statute of limitations expires; keep meeting room regulations friendly and safe; ensure judges are proactive and flexible in running meetings; Appropriate regulations on the presence of Procurators at first instance and appeal sessions; Continue to review the wording, technical documents and consistency with relevant laws. At the meeting, the National Assembly Standing Committee also voted and agreed 100% to approve the draft Ordinance in principle and the meetings conclusions, assigning agencies to receive and complete them for submission for signature as soon as possible. Nguyen HoangRefer moreOpening of the Fourth Session of the National Assembly Standing Committee