What are the fines for the act of selling or renting tapes or discs without security labels or stickers in Vietnam?

What are the fines for the act of selling or renting tapes or discs without security labels or stickers in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 7 of the Decree 38/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating violations against film release regulations in Vietnam as follows:

1. Imposing the fine ranging from 1,000,000 dong to 5,000,000 dong for one of the following violations:

a) Selling and renting films for internal use;

b) Erasing and modifying content of security labels or stickers on tapes and discs.

2. Imposing a fine ranging from 5,000,000 dong to 10,000,000 dong for the act of selling or renting tapes or discs without security labels or stickers, or tapes or discs of films obtaining dissemination permits on which security labels or stickers are not the right ones.

3. Imposing the fine ranging from 10,000,000 dong to 15,000,000 dong for the act of fraudulently swapping contents of films with security labels or stickers.

4. Imposing the fine ranging from 15,000,000 dong and 20,000,000 dong for the act of releasing films when dissemination permits are not granted yet, except in case of imported films.

5. Imposing the fine ranging from 20,000,000 dong and 25,000,000 dong for the act of releasing films when decisions on recall, confiscation, prohibition against dissemination or destruction of such films are already issued.

6. Other supplementary penalties:

Confiscating exhibits involved in the violations referred to in clause 1 of this Article.

7. Remedies:

a) Compelling the destruction of tapes or discs or materials containing films with respect to the acts specified in clause 2, 3 and 4 of this Article;

b) Compelling the destruction of cultural products having detrimental effects for any violation specified in clause 5 of this Article;

c) Compelling the disgorgement of illegal gains from commission of the violations defined in clause 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Article.

As regulations above, a fine ranging from 5,000,000 dong to 10,000,000 dong shall be imposed for the act of selling or renting tapes or discs without security labels or stickers in Vietnam. In addition, all tapes or discs without security labels or stickers shall be forced to destroyed. Illegal gains from commission of the violations shall also be returned.

What are the fines for violations against film dissemination regulations in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 8 of the Decree 38/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating violations against film dissemination regulations in Vietnam as follows:

1. Imposing the fine ranging from 5,000,000 dong to 10,000,000 dong for the act of showing films outside the time frame between 8:00 and 24:00 each day.

2. Imposing the fine ranging from 10,000,000 dong to 20,000,000 dong for one of the following violations:

a) Disseminating films or movies stored on tapes or discs without security labels or stickers;

b) Disseminating films in contravention of rules and regulations inscribed in film dissemination permits or broadcasting decisions;

c) Failing to meet mandatory requirements concerning facilities and equipment installed in cinemas with special effects on audience when they are in operation.

3. Imposing the fine ranging from 20,000,000 dong and 30,000,000 dong for the act of disseminating films without dissemination permits.

4. Imposing the fine ranging from 30,000,000 dong to 40,000,000 dong for one of the following violations:

a) Disseminating films subject to decisions to revoke, confiscate, destroy, prohibit dissemination or contain pornographic, lewd or indecent content, but not to the extent of being prosecuted for penal liability; inciting violence, except for the case specified in Clause 5 of this Article;

b) Disseminating films without warnings required by regulations of laws;

c) Disseminating movies to the audience who are not at the legitimate age or admitting the audience at inappropriate age to cinema theaters;

d) Disseminating films in contravention of regulations inscribed in film dissemination permits or broadcasting decisions;

dd) Disseminating Vietnamese films or movies at theaters without meeting regulatory requirements concerning screening rate and show time;

e) Disseminating movies or films to children under 16 years old going to the theater outside the timeframe from 8:00 to 22:00 per day;

g) Organizing specialized and thematic film festivals without consent from competent state authorities according to regulations.

5. Imposing the fine ranging from 40,000,000 dong to 50,000,000 dong for the act of disseminating films that are subject to decisions on revocation, confiscation, destruction, or ban on dissemination thereof or contain pornographic or indecent content, but not to the extent of criminal prosecution, or incite violence on television in electronic forms, on the Internet and digital environment.

6. Other supplementary penalties:

Suspending cinema operators from disseminating films at cinemas committing the violations prescribed in point a of clause 4 of this Article for the period from 01 month to 03 months.

7. Remedies:

a) Compelling the destruction of tapes, discs or materials containing film content with respect to the acts specified at Points a and b, Clause 2 and 3 of this Article;

b) Compelling the destruction of cultural products having detrimental effects for the acts specified in point a of clause 4 of this Article;

c) Compelling the removal of films disseminated in electronic form, on the Internet and digital environment with respect to the acts specified at Point b, Clause 2 and Clause 5 of this Article;

d) Compelling satisfaction of regulatory requirements concerning facilities and equipment in cinemas with special effects on audience with respect to the acts prescribed in point c of clause 2 of this Article;

dd) Compelling the disgorgement of illegal gains from commission of the violations defined in clause 1, 2, 3, point a, b, c, d and e of clause 4 and 5 of this Article.

As regulations above, a fine ranging from 5,000,000 dong and 10,000,000 dong shall be imposed for disseminating films or movies stored on tapes or discs without security labels or stickers originated from foreign countries. In addition, all of those tapes and discs shall be destroyed. Illegal gains from commission of the violations shall also be returned.

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