| THE GOVERNMENT -------------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness -------------- |
| No. 150/2004/ND-CP | Hanoi, July 29, 2004 |
DECREE
PRESCRIBING THE SANCTIONING OF ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS IN THE FIELD OF MINERALS
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Minerals Law of March 20, 1996;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations of July 2, 2002;
At the proposal of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment,
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Objects and scope of regulation
1. This Decree prescribes acts of administrative violation in the field of minerals; sanctioning forms and levels; sanctioning competence; sanctioning procedures and remedial measures.
2. Administrative violations in the field of minerals are acts of violating law provisions on basic geological surveys of mineral resources (including the making of geological maps, geological research and evaluation of mineral potentials); mineral prospection, exploration, exploitation and processing and protection of mineral resources, which are intentionally or unintentionally committed by organizations or individuals and do not constitute crimes but, according to the Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations and this Decree, must be administratively sanctioned.
3. Administrative-violation acts, which are governed by other legal documents, not prescribed in this Decree but related to the field of minerals, shall be administratively sanctioned according to the provisions of such legal documents.
