How are violations of regulations on management of weapons, explosives and supporting tools handled criminally?
(Baonghean.vn) - How will violations of regulations on the management of the production and use of military weapons, explosives, support tools, etc. be handled? This is a matter of concern to Mr. NTP in Quy Hop district.
Article 307 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented in the 2017 Penal Code) stipulates the crime ofviolating regulations on management of weapons, explosives, and supporting tools,as follows:
1. Anyone who violates regulations on management of production, repair, equipment, use, preservation, storage, transportation, purchase, sale or destruction of military weapons, hunting guns, sports weapons, explosives, and supporting tools, causing damage to others in one of the following cases, shall be sentenced to imprisonment from 01 year to 05 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 03 years to 10 years:
a) Killing 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 07 years to 15 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. Violations of regulations on management of weapons, explosives and supporting tools in cases where there is a real possibility of leading to the consequences specified in one of points a, b and c, Clause 3 of this Article, if not promptly prevented, shall be subject to a fine of from VND 10,000,000 to VND 50,000,000, non-custodial reform for up to 03 years or imprisonment from 03 months to 02 years.
5. The offender may also be banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 to 05 years.