No Criminal Prosecution for the Act of Selling Smuggled Cigarettes

12:01, 11/07/2024

Below is the notable content of Official Dispatch 154/TANDTC-PC of the Supreme People's Court on guidelines for handling acts of storing, transporting, and trading illegally imported cigarettes domestically. Accordingly:

- From July 1, 2015, to January 1, 2018, the smuggled cigarettes are not considered as prohibited goods, and no criminal charges shall be applied for the act of storing, transporting, or trading smuggled cigarettes domestically as stipulated by the 1999 Penal Code (BLHS) 1999;- From 00:00 on July 1, 2015, to before 00:00 on January 1, 2018, no criminal charges shall be applied for the act of storing, transporting, or trading smuggled cigarettes domestically.- From 00:00 on January 1, 2018, the criminal charges for the act of storing, transporting, or trading smuggled cigarettes domestically shall be executed according to the provisions of the 2015 Penal Code (BLHS 2015) and the Law amending and supplementing the 2015 Penal Code.

For detailed guidance, see Official Dispatch 154/TANDTC-PC dated July 25, 2017.

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