What are the penalties for violating electricity supply regulations?
(Baonghean.vn) - How are the penalties applied to the crime of violating regulations on electricity supply regulated under the latest Penal Code? This is a matter of concern for Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa (Thanh Chuong, Nghe An).
Reply: The crime of violating regulations on electricity supply is regulated in Article 199 of the Penal Code 2015, amended and supplemented in 2017, specifically as follows:
1. Any person who is responsible for turning on or cutting off electricity, refusing to supply electricity in violation of the law or delaying the handling of an electrical incident without justifiable reason in one of the following cases shall be subject to a fine of VND 30,000,000 to VND 150,000,000, non-custodial reform for up to 02 years or imprisonment of from 03 months to 02 years:
a) Causing injury or damage to the health of another person with a bodily injury rate of 61% or more;
b) 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%;
c) Causing property damage from VND 200,000,000 to under VND 500,000,000;
d) Having been disciplined or administratively sanctioned for one of the acts specified in this Article or having been convicted of this crime, not having had the criminal record expunged, and still committing the violation.
2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be subject to a fine of from VND 150,000,000 to VND 500,000,000 or imprisonment from 01 year to 05 years:
a) Causing death;
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 03 to 07 years:
a) Causing the death of two 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. The offender may also be fined from VND 10,000,000 to VND 50,000,000, banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 to 05 years".
Thus, the basic penalty for violating regulations on electricity supply can be a fine from VND 30,000,000 to VND 150,000,000, non-custodial reform for up to 02 years or imprisonment from 03 months to 02 years. For cases with aggravating elements: The offender can be fined from VND 150,000,000 to VND 500,000,000 or imprisoned from 01 year to 07 years. In addition, the offender can also be fined from VND 10,000,000 to VND 50,000,000, banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 year to 05 years.
