How are violations of regulations on safety in the operation of electrical works handled?

Article 314, The 2015 Penal Code stipulatestViolation of regulations on safety of electrical works operation, as follows:

1. A person who commits one of the following acts causing injury or damage to the health of 01 person with a body injury rate of 31% to 60%; causing injury or damage to the health of 02 or more people with a total body injury rate of 31% to 60% or causing property damage from 100,000,000 VND to under 500,000,000 VND or has been disciplined or administratively sanctioned for this act but still commits the violation, shall be subject to a fine of 20,000,000 VND to 100,000,000 VND, non-custodial reform for up to 03 years or imprisonment from 06 months to 03 years:

a) Allowing the construction of houses or works or arbitrarily constructing houses or works within the safety corridor of electrical works;

b) Causing explosions, fires, burning forests for farming, or felling trees that affect the safe operation of power projects;

c) Digging holes, driving piles, and building houses on the protection corridor of underground power cables;

d) Anchoring ships and boats in the protection corridor of underground power cables located on riverbeds or seabeds that have been announced or have signs;

d) Installing electrical equipment or constructing electrical lines that do not ensure safety.

2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be subject to a fine of from VND 100,000,000 to VND 300,000,000 or imprisonment from 02 to 07 years:

a) Causing death;

b) Causing injury or damage to the health of 01 person with a body injury rate of 61% or more or 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 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 two or more people;

b) Causing injury or damage to the health of 02 or more people with a body injury rate of 61% or more for each person, or causing injury or damage to the health of 02 or more people with a total body injury rate of 122% or more;

c) Causing property damage of VND 1,500,000,000 or more.

4. Committing a crime in a case where there is a real possibility of causing damage to the life, health or property of others if not prevented in time, shall be subject to a fine of from VND 20,000,000 to VND 100,000,000, non-custodial reform for up to 02 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.