| THE GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------ |
| No: 17/2002/ND-CP | Hanoi, February 08, 2002 |
DECREE
AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE GOVERNMENT�S DECREE No.77/CP OF NOVEMBER 29, 1996 ON SANCTIONS AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS IN THE FIELD OF FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AND FOREST PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Law on Forest Protection and Development of August 12, 1991;
Pursuant to the 1999 Penal Code;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations of July 6, 1995;
At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
DECREES:
Article 1.- To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No.77/CP of November 29, 1996 on sanctions against administrative violations in the field of forest management and protection and forest product management as follows:
1. To amend and supplement Article 4 as follows:
"Article 4.- Illegal deforestation means an act of felling or slashing and burning forests and all other acts not permitted by competent State agencies or permitted but carried out in contravention of the permits, thus causing damage to forest of any type, which shall be sanctioned according to the following levels:
1. A warning or a fine of between VND 100,000 and VND 200,000 for one of the following acts of violation:
a/ Destroying production forests, up to 0.02 ha.
b/ Destroying protection forests, up to 0.01 ha.
c/ Destroying special-use forests, up to 0.007 ha or equivalent in kind with the concrete values as follows:
- Common timber, for up to 0.2 m3 of log timber.
- Firewood, for up to 1 stere.
- Other forest products with a value of up to VND 100,000 (according to the local market prices).
2. A fine of from over VND 200,000 to VND 500,000 for one of the following acts of violation:
a/ Destroying production forests, from over 0.02 ha to 0.1 ha.
b/ Destroying protection forests, from over 0.01 ha to 0.05 ha.
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