THE GOVERNMENT

Decree No. 79/2013/ND-CP dated July 19, 2013 of the Government promulgating on penalties for administrative violations in statistics

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

Pursuant to the Law on Handling Administrative Violations dated June 20, 2012;

Pursuant to the Statistics dated June 17, 2003;

At the proposal of the Minister of Planning and Investment;

The Government issues the Decree promulgating on penalties for administrative violations in statistics,

Chapter 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

1. This Decree specifies the administrative violations, the penalties, and remedial measures for each administrative violation; the powers to impose penalties and fines of certain positions, and the powers to record administrative violations against the statistics.

2. The administrative violations on statistics prescribed in this Decree are as follows:

a) Violations against the regulations on statistical surveys;

b) Violations against the regulations on statistical reports;

c) Violations against the regulations on the use of statistical information;

d) Violations against the regulations on statistical documents;

Article 2. Penalty’s subjects

1. The organizations and individuals that make statistical reports and conduct statistical surveys;

2. The organizations and individuals that propagate and use statistical information;

3. The organizations and individuals that are investigated

4. The officials and civil servants that commit violations while performing their duties and tasks in statistics shall not incur administrative penalties, and shall face disciplinary actions in accordance with the laws on officials and civil servants;

5. The state agencies that commit violations while performing their tasks in statistics shall not incur administrative penalties, and shall face disciplinary actions in accordance with the laws on administrative management.

Article 3. Measures for recovering the remedies

The other remedial measures in this Decree include:

1. To invalidate the statistical reports

2. To suspend the statistical survey, revoke survey forms; invalidate the decision on survey and the survey plan; invalidate the voting, survey forms, and statistical survey results.

3. To restore the restorable survey forms and survey reports.

4. To edit the sources of the statistical information that is cited, propagated, or posted.

Article 4. Fine principles for organizations and individuals

The fines in Chapter II of this Decree are incurred by individuals. The fines incurred by organizations are twice as much of the fines incurred by individuals for the same violations.

Chapter 2.

ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES, AND REMEDIAL MEASURES

Article 5. Violations against the regulations on state statistical survey

1. Warnings shall be issued against delay in complying with requests of statistical surveyors according to the statistical survey plan;

2. A fine of from 300,000 VND to 1,000,000 VND for one of the violations below:

a) The submission of statistical survey forms, which are filled by the subjects of survey under the instructions of the surveyor (hereinafter referred to as indirect survey method), is 01 - 04 days behind schedule according to the statistical survey plan;

b) Failing to submit sufficient indirect statistical survey forms according to the statistical survey plan;

c) Failing to provide sufficient information in the survey forms according to the statistical survey plan.