How many years in prison will be imposed for illegally exploiting 20m3 of precious and rare wood in a natural protective forest?

Reply:According to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 232, Penal Code 2015 (amended and supplemented Penal Code 2017), imprisonment from 2 years to 7 years or fine from 300,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 VND shall be imposed for crimes falling into one of the following cases:

- Illegal exploitation of production forests is planted forests from 40 cubic meters (m³) to under 80 m³wood of common plant species or from 30 m³up to 50 m³Wood belonging to the List of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals Group IIA;

- Illegal exploitation of production forests is natural forests from 20 m³up to 40m³wood of common plant species or from 15 m³up to 30 m³Wood belonging to the List of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals Group IIA;

- Illegal exploitation of protective forests is planted forests from 30 m³up to 60 m³wood of common plant species or from 20 m³up to 40 m³Wood belonging to the List of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals Group IIA;

- Illegal exploitation of protective forests is natural forests from 15m³up to 30 m³wood of common plant species or from 10 m³up to 20 m³ Wood belonging to the List of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals Group IIA;

- Illegal exploitation of special-use forests is planted forests from 20 m³up to 40 m³wood of common plant species or from 10 m³ up to 20 m³Wood belonging to the List of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals Group IIA;

- Illegal exploitation of special-use forests is natural forests from 08 m³up to 15 m³wood of common plant species or from 03 m³up to 10 m³ Wood belonging to the List of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals Group IIA;

- Illegal exploitation of non-timber forest plants in the List of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals in Group IIA with a value from 100,000,000 to under 200,000,000 VND; common non-timber forest plants with a value from 200,000,000 to under 400,000,000 VND;

- Illegal exploitation of timber in the List of endangered, precious, rare species prioritized for protection or the List of endangered, precious, rare forest plants and animals Group IA from 02 m³up to 04 m³in production forests, from 1.5 m³up to 03 m³in protective forests or from 01 m³up to 02 m³ in special-use forests;

- Illegal exploitation of non-timber forest plants on the List of endangered, precious, and rare species prioritized for protection or the List of endangered, precious, and rare forest plants and animals Group IA with a value from 60,000,000 to under 120,000,000 VND;

- Illegally storing, transporting, processing or trading from 03 m³up to 06 m³Wood on the List of endangered, precious, rare species prioritized for protection or the List of endangered, precious, rare forest plants and animals, Group IA, or wood originating from foreign countries in Appendix I, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; from 20 m³up to 40 m³Wood belonging to the List of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals of Group IIA or wood originating from foreign countries in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; from 40 m³up to 80 m³common forest wood;

- Illegally storing, transporting, processing or trading in non-timber forest plants worth from VND 600,000,000 to under VND 1,200,000,000;

- Organized;

- Buying and selling, transporting across borders;

- Dangerous recidivism.

Thus, with the act of illegally exploiting 20 m³Forest protection timber is natural forest, precious and rare wood group IIA is one of the violations under Clause 2, Article 232, Penal Code 2015 (amended and supplemented Penal Code 2017) can be imprisoned from 02 years to 07 years or fined from 300,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 VND.