How is the mobilization of unqualified people to drive road vehicles handled?
(Baonghean.vn) - Can you tell me what the penalty is for mobilizing unqualified people to drive road vehicles? This is a concern of Ms. Tran Thi Hien in Vinh city.
Article 263 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented in 2017) stipulates the crime of mobilizing an unqualified person to drive a vehicle to participate in road traffic, as follows:
1. Any person with authority who clearly knows that a person does not have a driver's license, is not healthy or of the right age to drive a vehicle, or is under the influence of alcohol or beer with an alcohol concentration in the blood or breath exceeding the prescribed level, is using drugs or other strong stimulants, or does not meet other conditions as prescribed by law, but still mobilizes that person to drive a vehicle on the road, causing damage to another person in one of the following cases, shall be subject to a fine of VND 20,000,000 to VND 100,000,000, non-custodial reform for up to 03 years, or imprisonment from 01 year to 03 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 02 years to 07 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 05 years to 12 years:
a) Causing the death of 03 people or more;
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. The offender may also be fined from VND 10,000,000 to VND 30,000,000, banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 to 05 years.
