Decree No. 17/2016/ND-CP dated March 17, 2016 of the Govenrmnet on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 112/2013/ND-CP of October 2, 2013, providing the sanction of expulsion and the measures of custody and escorted transfer of violators according to administrative procedures, and management of foreign violators of Vietnam’s law pending the completion of expulsion procedures

To supplement the case for providing the measures of custody of violators to administrative procedures

On March 17, 2016, the Government issued the Decree No. 17/2016/ND-CP on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 112/2013/ND-CP of October 2, 2013, providing the sanction of expulsion and the measures of custody and escorted transfer of violators according to administrative procedures, and management of foreign violators of Vietnam’s law pending the completion of expulsion procedures.

Within that, the most important contents is for providing the measures of custody of violators to administrative procedures. Accordingly, from May 02, 2016, custody of a person according to administrative procedures may only be applied when it is necessary to prevent and stop the acts such as disturbing public order; inflicting injury on other persons. When it is necessary to prevent and stop acts of smuggling or illegal cross-border transportation of goods in the following cases where violators show signs of escape or destruction of material evidence and means of violation, obstructing the handling of violations such as importing or exporting goods banned or suspended from export or import ; importing or exporting goods on the list of goods subject to conditional import or export without an export or import permit or paper granted by a competent agency in accordance with regulations accompanying the goods..