(Reporter Lu Yue) On August 15th, the Ministry of Justice publicly solicited opinions on the revised Measures for the Administration of the Registration of Judicial Authentication Institutions (Revised Draft for Comment) and the Measures for the Administration of the Registration of Judicial Appraisers (Revised Draft for Comment), stipulating that the legal liability of appraisers and authentication institutions for making false appraisals will be seriously investigated.
The newly revised exposure draft has made new provisions on the access conditions of judicial authentication institutions and appraisers. The "Measures for the Registration of Institutions" has raised the entry threshold for judicial authentication institutions, and increased the entry funds from 200,000 yuan to 1 million yuan. At the same time, new cancellation situations are added, including unauthorized suspension of business or suspension of business for more than one year; Failing to pass the extension audit at the expiration of the validity period; The legal person or unincorporated organization that established the appraisal institution is terminated according to law; The administrative license is revoked or withdrawn according to law.
The reporter noticed that the newly revised draft for comment added: the legal responsibility of appraisers and appraisal institutions for false appraisal was seriously investigated. It stipulates that if a judicial appraiser provides false certification documents or adopts other fraudulent means to defraud registration and deliberately make false appraisal, the provincial judicial administrative organ will give him a punishment of stopping practicing for more than three months and less than one year. If the circumstances are serious, the registration will be revoked, which constitutes a crime. Criminal responsibility will be investigated according to law.
If the judicial authentication institution violates the regulations, it will face the punishment of stopping business for more than 3 months and less than 1 year, and the registration will be revoked if the circumstances are serious. Judicial appraisers practice avoidance, confidentiality, time limit and accountability system for wrong appraisal and false appraisal.