Execution of court decisions to be improved in Moldova

Chisinau, 16 September /MOLDPRES/- The cabinet today approved a draft law on improvement of execution of court decisions, so that citizens have access to a fair justice. The document will also encourage the development of capacities of representatives of professions related to the justice system at the level of professional unions, with special emphasis put on management skills, as well as institutional and functional strengthening of a new system of private bailiffs, the government's communication and media relations department has reported. 

The aforementioned law's provisions will contribute to optimising the work of the Disciplinary College of Bailiffs and Licencing Commission, to making more responsible bailiffs, strengthening the role of National Union of Bailiffs when supervising the activity of bailiffs as to fulfillment of their professional duties.

Thus, among the amendments to the bill, there are: obliging bailiffs to record execution documents in an electronic register of execution procedures; clearly setting the procedure of organising the contest of admission to the profession of bailiff and criteria of selecting candidates; including the age threshold of 65 years for the person willing to execute the activity of bailiff; stipulating actions representing disciplinary infractions and increasing the maximum ceiling of the fine, applied as disciplinary sanction, up to 12,000 lei; amendment of the normative framework in order to institutionally and functionally consolidate the Licencing Commission and Disciplinary College,etc.

The draft law was worked out in order to execute legal measures stipulated by the action plan on implementation of the 2011-2016 Justice Reform Strategy.

(Editor L. Alcaza)