Recently, the National Assembly of Vietnam has approved the Law on amendments and supplements to certain articles of Law on handling of administrative violations 2020, officially effective from January 01, 2022.
Specifically, according to Clause 2 Article 1 of the Law on amendments and supplements to certain articles of Law on handling of administrative violations 2020 of Vietnam, supplementing Point d Clause 1 Article 3 of the Law on handling of administrative violations 2012 as follows:
“d) Imposing administrative penalties only when there is any administrative violation prescribed by laws.
An administrative violation shall be sanctioned only once.
If multiple persons commit an administrative violation, each of them shall be sanctioned for such violation.
If a person commits multiple administrative violations or commits administrative violation(s) multiple times, he/she shall be sanctioned for each violation, except when the act of committing administrative violation(s) is regulated as an aggravating circumstance by the Government.”
Thus, from 2022, if a person commits administrative violation(s) multiple times, it shall be considered as aggravating circumstance in case the act of committing administrative violation(s) is regulated as an aggravating circumstance by the Government.
View more details at the Law on amendments and supplements to certain articles of Law on handling of administrative violations 2020 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2022.
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