(VOVworld) - In Tuesday’s National Assembly debate, lawmakers agreed on the draft revised Administrative Procedures Code.

Tran Van Do, NA deputy of An Giang province, gives his opinions on the draft of the revised Law on Administrative Procedures. (Photo: An Dang/VNA)

The amendments give the people’s courts of provinces and cities, the power to hold first instance trials of administrative appeals against administrative decisions and behaviors of district-level people’s committees and chairmen of people’s committees.

NA deputies underlined the importance of allowing heads of state administrative agencies to grant authority only to their deputies in charge of the relevant administrative field, and setting penalties for authorized persons whose refusal to cooperate with the court causes delays beyond statutory limits.

Huynh Nghia, a NA deputy of Da Nang City, said: “I propose that the compiling board develop a law on administrative judgment enforcement so that administrative judgments are enforced in earnest. Heads of state agencies are obliged to enforce the judgments. Contempt of court judgment shall be subject to dismissal or criminal prosecution.”

Lawmakers discussed several controversial issues in the revised Code, including adversarial litigation and evidence access and delivery.