THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 130/2003/QD-TTg
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Hanoi, June 30, 2003
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DECISION
ON THE PROTECTION OF VIETNAMESE MONEY
THE PRIME
MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001
Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to December 12, 1997 Law No. 01/1997-QH10 on Vietnam State Bank;
In order to protect Vietnamese money and the legitimate interests of
organizations and individuals owning and using Vietnamese money;
At the proposal of the Governor of Vietnam State Bank,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- Scope of application
This Decision provides for the
responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals in the work of
preventing, fighting and checking the production of counterfeit money, the
storage, transportation and circulation of counterfeit money, and the ruination
of Vietnamese money.
Article 2.- Interpretation of terms
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1. Vietnamese money prescribed in
this Decision is understood to include banknotes and coins issued by Vietnam
State Bank (hereinafter called the State Bank for short).
2. Counterfeit money means assorted
kinds of money identical to Vietnamese money but not printed, minted and issued
by Vietnam State Bank.
Article 3.- The following acts are strictly
prohibited
1. Producing, transporting, storing,
circulating, selling or buying counterfeit money.
2. Ruining Vietnamese money in any
form.
3. Duplicating Vietnamese money for
any purposes without written consents of the State Bank.
4. Refusing to receive and/or
circulate money issued by the State Bank within the Vietnamese territory.
Article 4.- Rights and responsibilities of
agencies, organizations and individuals
1. To preserve Vietnamese money during
the management and use thereof.
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3. To promptly notify the nearest
police offices, border guards or customs offices of violation acts defined in
Article 3 of this Decision.
4. Agencies, units, economic
organizations, social organizations and individuals having counterfeit money
shall have to promptly submit them to the police offices, the State Bank,
border guards or customs offices at the most convenient places.
5. The State Bank, credit
institutions, State Treasuries and other organizations engaged in banking
activities as well as customs offices and border guards, when detecting
counterfeit money, shall have to make records thereon and seize such money; if
detecting money doubted to be counterfeits, to make records thereon,
temporarily seize such money and promptly notify the nearest police offices
thereof.
Article 5.- Information on Vietnamese money and
counterfeit money
1. The State Bank shall announce the
characteristics of, and methods for recognizing, Vietnamese money on the mass
media. This announcement must be posted up publicly at transaction offices of
the State Bank, credit institutions, State Treasuries and other organizations
engaged in banking activities.
2. In case of necessity, the State
Bank shall publicly announce on the mass media the characteristics of
counterfeit money being in circulation for agencies, units, economic
organizations, social organizations and individuals to know.
3. The provision and publication of
information on counterfeit money shall comply with law provisions.
Article 6.- Money expertise
1. The State Bank shall organize the
expertise and notify the results of the expertise of counterfeit money and
money doubted to be counterfeits to all organizations and individuals having
the requests therefor. The expertise shall be carried out free of charge.
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3. In cases of failure to reach
agreement on the results of the expertise of genuine money and counterfeit
money, the expertise conclusions of the State Bank shall be valid for
implementation.
Article 7.- Handling of seized and temporarily
seized money
When receiving the written
conclusions of agencies competent to expertise Vietnamese money, agencies
and/or organizations which have seized counterfeit money or temporarily seized
money doubted to be counterfeits under Clause 5, Article 4 of this Decision
shall have to immediately return the amounts of money determined as genuine to
organizations and/or individuals possessing such money or seize the amounts
determined as counterfeit, and notify organizations and/or individuals
possessing such money thereof in writing.
Article 8.- Recovery and destruction of
counterfeit money and ruined money
1. Apart from the amounts of
counterfeit money and ruined money used as materials or involved in cases being
in the process of investigation or trial according to law provisions, the
police offices, border guards and customs offices shall submit the whole
amounts of counterfeit money and ruined money already seized to the State Bank.
2. The Ministry of Public Security
and the State Bank may keep a number of counterfeit money and ruined money for
use as research materials; the Minister of Public Security and the State Bank
Governor shall decide on the volume and categories, and provide for the
management and use of these materials by his/her ministry or his/her agency.
3. The State Bank shall organize the
reception and destruction of counterfeit money and ruined money. The
destruction of counterfeit money and ruined money shall comply with the
provisions prescribed for money unqualified for circulation.
Article 9.- Responsibilities of ministries and
branches
1. The Ministry of Public Security
shall assume the prime and all-sided responsibility in the work of preventing
and combating counterfeit money and protecting Vietnamese money.
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3. The State Bank shall have to
ensure that the money in circulation are durable, fine, highly capable of
anti-counterfeiting and convenient for management and use, and guide
preservation measures suitable to money materials so as to prolong the use
duration of money in circulation.
Article 10.- Reporting, reward, commendation and
handling of violations
1. The State Bank, the Ministry of
Public Security, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Finance shall
report on the protection of Vietnamese money to the Prime Minister according to
their respective State management functions, tasks, and powers.
2. The reward and commendation for
units, organizations and individuals recording achievements in the prevention
and combat of counterfeit money and protection of Vietnamese money shall be
considered and decided by the ministries and agencies stated in Clause 1 of
this Article according to law provisions. In cases where units, organizations
and individuals record outstanding achievements, the concerned ministries and
agencies shall report thereon to the Prime Minister for reward and
commendation.
3. Organizations and individuals
that violate this Decision shall, depending on the nature and seriousness of
their violations, be handled according to law provisions.
Article 11.- Implementation effect and
responsibility
1. This Decision takes effect 15
days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. The ministers, the heads of the
ministerial-level agencies, the heads of the agencies attached to the
Government and the presidents of the provincial/municipal Peoples Committees
shall have to implement this Decision.
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PRIME MINISTER
Phan Van Khai