Distinguishing 4 types of crimes according to the Penal Code

Reply:

Clause 1, Article 8 of the 2015 Penal Code, amended and supplemented in 2017, clearly states:

Crime is an act dangerous to society as prescribed in the Penal Code, committed intentionally or unintentionally by a person with criminal responsibility or a commercial legal entity, infringing upon the independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of the Fatherland, infringing upon the political regime, economic regime, culture, national defense, security, social order and safety, the rights and legitimate interests of organizations, infringing upon human rights, the rights and legitimate interests of citizens, infringing upon other areas of the socialist legal order that, according to the provisions of this Code, must be criminally handled.

According to Article 9 of the 2015 Penal Code, amended and supplemented in 2017, based on the nature and level of danger of the crime, crimes are classified into 4 types as follows:

a)Less serious crime: Lis a crime whose nature and level of danger to society are not great and the highest level of the penalty prescribed by this Code for that crime is a fine, non-custodial reform or imprisonment of up to 03 years;

b) Serious crime: Lis a crime of such a nature and level of danger to society that the maximum penalty prescribed by this Code for that crime is from over 03 years in prison to 07 years in prison;

c)Very serious crime: Lis a crime of such great nature and level of danger to society that the highest level of the penalty prescribed by this Code for that crime is from over 07 years in prison to 15 years in prison;

d)Particularly serious crimes: Lis a crime of particularly great nature and level of danger to society for which the highest level of the penalty prescribed by this Code for that crime is from over 15 years to 20 years in prison, life imprisonment or death penalty.

Crime classification is very important in regulating the principles of handling, regulating the age of criminal responsibility, the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution, the statute of limitations for execution of judgments and other regulations on the conditions for applying certain types of penalties or judicial measures...

Crime classification is also the basis for specifying criminal responsibility, regulating the penalty framework, ensuring the principle of individualizing criminal responsibility and penalty. In addition, crime classification is also significant for regulating a number of detention and temporary custody regimes in the Criminal Procedure Code.