Penalty framework for the crime of putting into use unsafe road motor vehicles
(Baonghean.vn) - How will the use of unsafe road vehicles be handled? This is a concern of Mr. N.D.H in Thai Hoa town.
Putting into use unsafe road vehicles is the act of the person directly responsible for the mobilization or technical condition that allows the use of road vehicles that clearly do not ensure technical safety, causing loss of life or serious damage to the health or property of others.
The crime of putting into use road motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes that do not ensure safety is regulated in Article 262 of the 2015 Penal Code and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2017 Penal Code with the following penalty framework:
1. Anyone who is directly responsible for the mobilization or technical condition that allows the use of a road motor vehicle or specialized motorbike that clearly does not meet technical safety standards, causing damage to others 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 06 months 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 10 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. The offender may also be banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 to 05 years.