ghazavat - No.12 - Mar - Apr , 2003

 
 

Editor in Chief’s Note

The Editor in Chief in this issue has discussed the subject of necessity of preparation for procurator’s office revival and emphasized that though return of the public prosecutor to the judicial system is a suitable and worthy measure, but it does not solve the main problems of the justice administration.

It is necessary that we take action regarding decrease of judicial incumbency and prevent from the cases entry as far as possible. To achieve this goal, one of the legal capacities, is development of Dispute Settlement Councils. In continuation, effects of disputes termination by compromise have been explained.

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A Selection of Latest Legal Approvals

·          Cancellation of two approvals of Cultural Revolution Supreme Council due to being illegal and contrary to religious law

·          Increase of rate of detention instead of cash fine prescribed in Article one of Law for Financial Convictions Execution to Rls. 100,000/-

·          Law for Annexation of one Note to Article (1130) of Civil Law

·          Executive By-Law of Article 187 of Law for Development Third Plan

·          Executive By-Law of Article (189) of Law for Third Plan of Economic, Social & Cultural Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran  

·          Amendment of Contractual Employment By-Law

·          Employment only on the basis of contractual and temporary

·          Obligation to the judicial courts for investigating the cases out of turn by the Executive is illegal.

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Narmak Judicial Complex

Narmak Judicial Complex is one of the three complexes of east of Tehran and is located in the beginning of Shahid Shojaeddin Davari (Vahidieh), Damavand Ave. Its around police stations are 127, 128 and 147. This complex covers the limit of municipality of District No. 8 and a part of Municipality of District No. 13 and has 26 judicial personnel and 98 administrative personnel, 77 of whom are men and 47 are women.      

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Special Criminal Law
Dr. Sepahvand,

In the third part of this article, the writer has dealt with the subject of transfer of the others property and opposing transaction performance. Of course transfer in the form of the actual property or benefit of the opposing transaction with the ordinary or official deed, type of decision-making regarding the transferor and transferee and their punishment conditions are discussed.   

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Acquaintance with American Judiciary System 10th Part
Dr. Yadollah Alidoust 

In this part the difference between civil and criminal claims in the American Law has been studied.

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One Vote, One Experience

In these judgments, the rate and quality of compensation of physical damages of the individuals in the accidents and responsibilities of the insurance companies in this regard are discussed. 

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The Cases, Page by Page

This is title of the report of a new form of inspection in the Courts of Appeals of Justice Administration of Tehran Province involving remarkable educational and scientific points.

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Justice in Islam12th Part

Hojjatoleslam Valmoslemin Abbasali Alizadeh

In this part of the article, subject of role of oath in proving the claim has been studied and this question has been set forth that: “If the judge understands a perjury after rendering of judgment, what is his obligation?”

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Analytical Criticism on Landlord and Tenant Relations Law
Dr. Nasser Katouzian

Although the law passed on August 17, 1997 about landlord and tenant relations does not apply the rents before the law approval, its execution regarding future is difficult due to treatment and contradiction to the legal principles, this treatment is specially considered in the three clear fields.             

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Rendering of the Insolvency Judgment – Continuation of Detention or Release of Condemned Party?
Nourollah Aziz Mohammadi

Some of the judges believe that after issuance of insolvency judgment, the financial condemned should be immediately freed from prison, on the other hand, some judges believe that up to rendering of the final judgment of insolvency, there is no cause for the condemned to free from prison and up to finalizing the judgment, the insolvent person should be at prison and their reason is the insolvency judgment following of the general principles.

The writer agrees with the first group.

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Orders of Judges’ Disciplinary Courts

“Adjournment of a court session without a justified excuse is a disciplinary violation.”

“The accused shall not be freed from prison during the time of rendering of pawn order and pawn acceptance order.”

“Explanation of fraud accusation and conviction of the accused without reason in the Court of First Instance and his/her acquittal in the Court of Appeals is a disciplinary violation.”

“Disciplinary conviction because of non-observance of Article 33 of Code of Procedure of the Public and Revolution Courts in the criminal affairs in rendering of temporary detention order.”

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Around the Table

The following questions were discussed in the around table, the commission majority or unanimity of votes are as follows: 

Question 251: Regarding abolition of Article (729) of Civil Procedure Code (former), if the condemned party refuses the judgment execution and becomes subject to Note below Article (47) of Law for Execution of Civil Judgments, explain obligation of the condemned party concerning the judgment execution.

Opinion of majority of votes of members (19 out of 36) of the current commission in the session dated Sept. 26, 2002 (4th Mehr, 1381)

Regarding abolition of Civil Procedure Code (former) and the next addenda and amendments, Article (729) or its criterion unity cannot be used for the condemned party obligation. Because there is no replacement in the new Civil Procedure Code equal to the said article. As a result Civil Procedure Code, recently approved, has no rule regarding the determining for the issue. It is seemed that the only way is obligation to Article (515) of new Civil Procedure Code, according to which and in the execution of cause jural rule, after proving in the court, the damage resulted from delay in the commitment performance can be demanded. In the meantime, as per Principle 167 of Constitutional Law of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the judge is entitled that in case of existence of any law to render the judgment by referring to the Islamic Valid References or Valid judgments.

Question 252: Is the incompatibility certificate, issued because of the couple agreement enforceable, at the request of the wife, in case of the husband’s refusal?  

Opinion of majority of votes of the members of the current commission in the session dated Oct. 24, 2002 (2nd Aban, 1381)

According to Single Article of Law for Regulations Amendment related to divorce, passed in 1992 of System Expediency Assembly, the couple intend to divorce, shall receive incompatibility certificate from the court. It is assumed that the said certificate has been issued by the couple’s agreement and the purpose of the Single Article of Law for Determination of Incompatibility Certificate Validity Term, passed in 1997, is that no incompatibility certificate is remained enforceable but as according to Article (1133) of Civil Law, divorce is undertaken by the men, so by his refusal, the said certificate is null and void because the husband’s satisfaction which has been the main element of divorce formula execution in subject at hand is missing. Therefore applying the recent Single Article has no canonical aspect in this regard. It shall be noted that compulsion of the husband for divorce is in the cases that are predicted in the law such as Article (1130) of Civil Law that the mentioned certificate has been issued concerning hardship and incapacity. In case, compulsion is not possible in this regard, the wife can get divorce by permit of the court’s judge.

Question 253: In case the defendant in position of answering the complaint of the complainant regarding the unpaid check, claims payment of check or the cases inserted in Article (9) of Check Issuance Law, in the event of the complainant’s refusal, has the court right of investigation of the claim of the defendant? 

Opinion of unanimity of votes of members of the current commission in the session dated Oct. 24, 2002 (2nd Aban, 1381)

By complaint of the holder of unpaid check against its issuer, if the defendant claims for payment of the check amount, object of the complaint or cases inserted in Article (9) of Check Issuance Law, precision in the judgment necessitates that the court investigates about this claim and removal of the doubts that the accused may pay the check amount to the holder in cash or arranges in a way for payment of that by agreement of the complainant or provides for payment process of the said check amount in the drawee’s bank. In case of proving the accused’s claim, the court shall issue order suspending prosecution concerning the criminal aspect.