How are violations of publishing regulations handled?
(Baonghean.vn) - Mr. Nguyen Van T. in N province asked that he sees the media mentioning a lot about violations of regulations on publishing activities. So how will this behavior be handled?
Reply:
Article 334 of the 2015 Penal Code, amended in 2017, stipulates the Crime of violating regulations on publishing activities as follows:
1. Anyone who violates the regulations on publishing activities in one of the following cases shall be subject to a warning, a fine of from VND 20,000,000 to VND 200,000,000, non-custodial reform for up to 02 years or imprisonment from 03 months to 02 years:
a) Printing 2,000 or more copies of each publication without a publishing decision, without a license to publish non-commercial documents, or without a signed and approved manuscript as prescribed by law;
b) Publishing, printing or releasing publications that have been suspended, recalled, confiscated, banned from circulation, destroyed or illegally imported in quantities of 500 copies or more for each publication;
c) Publishing and releasing electronic publications with prohibited content, without a publishing decision or without a signed and approved manuscript as prescribed by law.
2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 02 years to 05 years:
a) Organized;
b) Changing or distorting the content of an approved manuscript or a non-commercial document manuscript that has been stamped by the publishing licensing authority to publish a manuscript with prohibited content according to the provisions of the Publishing Law;
c) Publishing publications with content prohibited under the provisions of the Publishing Law.
3. Offenders may also be fined from 20,000,000 to 100,000,000 VND, banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 to 05 years".
Thus, those who violate the regulations on publishing activities may be subject to criminal prosecution with a prison sentence of up to 05 years. In addition, offenders may also be fined up to 100,000,000 VND, banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 year to 05 years.
