How is obstruction of waterway traffic handled criminally?
(Baonghean.vn) - How are acts of obstructing waterway traffic handled? - A matter of concern for Mr. NVĐ in Thanh Chuong district.
Article 273,The 2015 Penal Code, amended in 2017, stipulates tobstructing water traffic, as follows:
1. Anyone who illegally drills or digs, damaging the structure of a waterway traffic work; creates obstacles that obstruct waterway traffic without placing and maintaining signals; moves to reduce the effectiveness and efficiency of signals; dismantles signals or destroys waterway traffic works; encroaches on waterway traffic channels or protection corridors or other acts that obstruct waterway traffic, causing damage to others in one of the following cases, shall be subject to a fine of from VND 30,000,000 to VND 100,000,000, non-custodial reform for up to 03 years or imprisonment from 01 year to 05 years:
a) Causing death;
b) Causing injury or damage to the health of 01 person with a body injury rate of 61% or more;
c) Causing injury or damage to the health of 02 or more people, with the total body injury rate of these people from 61% to 121%;
d) Causing property damage from VND 100,000,000 to under VND 500,000,000.
2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 03 years to 10 years:
a) Killed 02 people;
b) Causing injury or damage to the health of 02 or more people, with the total body injury rate of these people from 122% to 200%;
c) Causing property damage from VND 500,000,000 to under VND 1,500,000,000.
3. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 07 to 15 years:
a) Causing the death of 3 or more people;
b) Causing injury or damage to the health of 03 or more people, with the total body injury rate of these people being 201% or more;
c) Causing property damage of VND 1,500,000,000 or more.
4. Obstructing waterway traffic in cases where there is a real possibility of leading to the consequences specified in one of points a, b and c, Clause 3 of this Article, if not prevented in time, shall be subject to a fine of from VND 10,000,000 to VND 30,000,000, non-custodial reform for up to 02 years or imprisonment from 03 months to 01 year.
