INVESTIGATORS MAY MOBILIZE AND USE TRANSPORT MEANS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
In case of emergency, in order to stop criminal acts, pursue criminals or rescue victims, investigators may mobilize and use transport and communications means of agencies, organizations and individuals, and shall immediately return them when emergency circumstances no longer exist; in case of damage, the investigating bodies shall pay compensations is the important content prescribed at the Law On Organization of Criminal Investigation Bodies No. 99/2015/QH13 passed by the National Assembly on November 26, 2015.
Also in accordance with this Law, investigators must not do something such as things prescribed by law not to be done by cadres, civil servants or officers and soldiers of the people’s armed forces; provision of consultancy to arrestees, persons held in custody, the accused, defendants, involved parties or other procedure participants, thereby making the settlement of cases or matters unlawful; interference in the settlement of cases or matters or abuse of their influence on persons in charge of settlement of cases or matters; bringing case files or documents out of their offices not for the assigned tasks or without approval of competent persons; reception of the accused, defendants, involved parties or other procedure participants involved in cases or matters under their settling jurisdiction outside prescribed places.
Investigators are persons appointed to perform the criminal investigation task and are divided into the grades such as primary investigators; intermediate investigators and senior investigators. An investigator must possess a security university, police university, law bachelor or higher degree; have worked in a law-related field; have been professionally trained in investigation and being physically fit for the performance of assigned tasks. The term of office of an investigator appointed for the first time is 5 years; in case of re-appointment or grade promotion, his/her term of office is 10 years.
This Law takes effect on July 01, 2016.
