Roles and Tasks of the Forestry Police

LAO PEOPLE'S DEMGCRATIC REPUBLIC PEACE INDEPENDENCE~ DEMOCRACY UNITY' P~dSPERITY MINISTRY OF AGRICULTYRE AND FORESTRY File No. 0728/FP Article 1 Vientiane dated 04/10/1991 ROLES AND TASKS OF THE FORESTRY POLICE On the basis of the·decree of the council of ministers No.52/ dated 7/9/90 concerning the establisment of the Forestry Police. On the bsis of the resolution of the 1st National Forestry Conference (NFC) On the basis of the Council of Ministers.' decree No. 117/ dated 5/10/89, concerning the forest management, forestland utilization and the w i l d l t f e conservation, and hunting and fishery. CHAPTER I BASE AND ROLES The Forestry Po 1 ice is an organ i zat ion wh i ch is established on the basis of the centralized democratic principles, under the direction of the Minister of the MAF and suo-ordinated to the Department of Forestry regarding the technical and organizational aspects; has function of inspecting the enforcement of the regulations for protection of forestry resources throughout the Lao P.D.R. CHAPTER II TASKS AND AUTHORITY Article 2: The main tasks of the Forestry Pol;ce ~re: To protec-tthe forestry resources accord i n3 to the regulations and laws. 2. To educate Laotian people and expatriate immigrants res i ded in Laos to ass i mi 1ate the consci ousness to esteem and preserve the Lao regulations, decree, resolution, orders and laws concerning the forestry resourse, forest industry and the environment protection. 3. To exami ne and inspect a 1ongthe transportat i on roads, in the protected forest area, reserved forest, product ion for~st, fogging areas, stores of timber; wood processing factori.es, plants that use wood as driving power i.e charcoal factory, brick / tile factories, tobacco leaves ripening plant, salt factories; to inspect hunting and fishery; in order to protect, confine the legal matters, fine and prepare documents to i nd i ct the offenders to public prosecutor; to dipute the crime against the law related to forestry resource. 4. T9 conduct po 1it i ca 1 semi nar and deve 1oo network'9"f the units in the organization and to regularly educate the forestry police to gain high competance for work. 5. To assess and evaluate and report the achievements of the execution of the Forestry Police every quarter, 6 months and every year. Article 3: The Forestry Police have authority 1. To inspect the log yards in the wood processing companies, in the loging areas and inspect the non-wood products, hunt i ng and fishery. To exami ne the ill i gal transportation of timber within the country and for export; whenever getting conclusive1v information or having suspicion about the incider.c. 2. To arrest the offender ter:iporari 1y when recogni zed he/she is offendind -:orestry Acts, confine ill igal matters, investigat8 and fine; and indict instantly to the court if incident is considerd critical. :' . To be armed and ut i 1 i ze weapon when it is necessary, utilize radio communication devices to perform the task of the protection of forest resource. 4. To obtain the extra·subsidy for the performence of work in he field. 5. In case of necessity, wheneyer the forestry,~ol~Ce have the right to reguest coope rat i on wi tho the '1 oca 1 administration of every level (province, dist~id~... }, soldiers, police, customs officers and vi 1Tagers in"orde'r to fulfil the assignment. CHAPTER III ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE Article 4: * The Forestry Police organization comprises,of 1 Dir~cto~ "and 2 Deputy Directors; The wheel of t-he' organizational comprises of 1 The Office of perionnel and Administration, 2 The service for Economical Planning and Finance, 3 Service of technigue and operation, 4 The service of study and investigate incidents. CHAPTER IV WORKING REGIME Article 5: The Forestry Police operate the tasks on the basis of the following pr~nciples: To preserve one-head system on the basis of centralized democracy and individual responsibility. 2 To perform regular operation for protectl0n of the forest resource. 3 To periodically examine and evaluate the operation and regularly report the achievements to the Minister or the Vice Minister who is responsible for forestry ?ector. 4 In case of the Di rector I s absence from work, the tasks must be given to any of the Deputy Directors to act. Article 6: CHAPTER V STAMP AND THE FINAL PRESCRIPTIONS The Forestry Po 1 ice has its spec if i c stamp facilitate the official operation. to Article 7: Article 8: Any personne 1 of the Forest Po 1 ice who have made exce 11 ent performance in the tasks, they wi 11 be awarded 0r g i \lcn bonus I f any of the forestry police staff cooperate with the offenders theY must be given double punishment ( fine ... ) compare to the fine. ,. given to the offender. This prescription is val id and enforced from the date of its signature. Minister of MAF (stamped and signed) Sisawath KEOBOUNPHANH