To protect a safe and sustainable living environment for future generations.
Specifically, the draft Penal Code proposes to increase prison and fine penalties for a number of crimes:
- Crime of causing environmental pollution (according to the draft of the new Law, it is the crime of discharging hazardous waste causing environmental pollution): Increase the prison sentence from 03 months to 02 years to 01 year to 03 years, increase the fine from 50,000,000 VND to 500,000,000 VND to 300,000,000 VND to 3,000,000,000 VND in Clause 1; increase the prison sentence from 01 year to 05 years to 03 years to 07 years, increase the fine from 500,000,000 VND to 1,000,000,000 VND to 3,000,000,000 VND to 6,000,000,000,000 VND in Clause 2; Increase the prison sentence from 03 years to 07 years to 07 years to 12 years, increase the fine from 1,000,000,000 VND to 3,000,000,000 VND to 6,000,000,000 VND to 18,000,000,000 VND in Clause 3;
- Crime of violating regulations on hazardous waste management: Increase the prison sentence from 03 months to 02 years to 01 year to 03 years, increase the fine from 50,000,000 VND to 200,000,000 VND to 300,000,000 VND to 1,200,000,000 VND in Clause 1; increase the prison sentence from 02 years to 05 years to 03 years to 07 years, increase the fine from 200,000,000 VND to 1,000,000,000 VND to 1,200,000,000 VND to 6,000,000,000,000 VND in Clause 2; increase the prison sentence from 05 years to 10 years to 07 years to 15 years in Clause 3;
- Crime of spreading dangerous infectious diseases to people: Increase the maximum prison sentence for this crime from 12 years to 15 years.
The draft also proposes to lower the quantitative level in the composition of the crime of causing environmental pollution (according to the draft of the new Law, it is the crime of discharging hazardous waste causing environmental pollution): Lower the level of hazardous environmental parameters exceeding national environmental standards from 5 times to less than 10 times to from 3 to 5 times; lower the level of hazardous environmental parameters exceeding national environmental standards from 3 to 5 times to from 2 to 3 times in the frames and clauses of this crime.
In addition, the draft Penal Code supplements the Crime of violating regulations on the treatment of ordinary solid waste and domestic solid waste on the basis of separation from the crime of causing environmental pollution.
Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/nang-muc-phat-tu-phat-tien-doi-voi-toi-pham-ve-moi-truong-102250423144655843.htm
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