Decree No. 15/2003/ND-CP dated February 19, 2003 of the Government prescribing the sanctioning of administrative violations in land-road traffic

THE GOVERNMENT -------	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------
No: 15/2003/ND-CP	Hanoi, February 19, 2003

DECREE

PRESCRIBING THE SANCTIONING OF ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS IN LAND-ROAD TRAFFIC

THE GOVERNMENT

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the June 29, 2001 Law on Land-Road Traffic;

Pursuant to the July 2, 2002 Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations;

Pursuant to the January 28, 1989 Ordinance on Vietnam People’s Police Force and the July 6, 1995 Ordinance Amending Article 6 of the Ordinance on Vietnam People’s Police Force;

Pursuant to the Government’s Resolution No. 13/2002/NQ-CP of November 19, 2002 on solutions to control the rise in and proceed to gradually reduce traffic accidents and congestion;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 14/2003/ND-CP of February 19, 2003 detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Land-Road Traffic Law;

At the proposals of the Minister of Communications and Transport and the Minister of Public Security,

DECREES:

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.- Regulation scope

This Decree prescribes the sanctioning of administrative violations regarding acts of violating the regulations on land-road traffic rules, the conditions to ensure traffic safety of land-road traffic infrastructure, means and people joining in land-road traffic, land-road transport activities and other acts of land-road traffic violation.

Article 2.- Application objects

1. Vietnamese individuals and organizations that commit acts of administrative violations regarding land-road traffic shall be administratively sanctioned under the provisions of this Decree.

2. Foreign individuals and organizations that commit acts of administrative violations regarding land-road traffic in the Vietnamese territory shall be sanctioned under this Decree, except for cases where the international agreements which Vietnam has signed or acceded to provide otherwise, then such international agreements shall apply.