In Vietnam, which violations against regulations on management and use of seals shall be imposed a fine of from VND 3.000.000 to VND 5.000.000?

In Vietnam, which violations against regulations on management and use of seals shall be imposed a fine of from VND 3.000.000 to VND 5.000.000?

As prescribed in Clause 3, Article 13 of the Decree 144/2021/ND-CP, a fine ranging from 3.000.000 VND to 5.000.000 VND shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Failure to turn the seal in under the decision of a competent authority or the seal registration authority;

b) Appending the seal to a document that does not have the signature of the competent person or has the seal of an unauthorized person;

c) Borrowing, lending, giving lease, taking lease, pledging, buying, selling the seal, illegally destroying the seal; using the seal of another organization for operation;

d) Using an expired seal;

dd) Deliberately deform or change content of a registered seal;

e) Forging the certificate of seal registration;

g) Using an seal without registration;

h) Failure to return the seal and the certificate of seal registration upon issuance of the a competent authority's decision on division, merger or consolidation, or revocation of the certificate of business registration or operation license, or business suspension or termination; or upon receipt of a competent authority's request for of the seal as prescribed by law;

i) Erasing, falsifying the certificate of seal registration.

In Vietnam, which violations against regulations on management and use of seals shall be imposed a fine of from VND 5.000.000 to VND 10.000.000?

As prescribed in Clause 4, Article 13 of the Decree 144/2021/ND-CP, a fine ranging from 5.000.000 VND to 10.000.000 VND shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Forging documents to make an additional seal of an organization or state official;

b) Forging a seal or using a fake seal;

c) Appropriating, illegaling trading seals;

d) Illegally destroying seals.

Additional penalties imposed to violations against regulations on management and use of seals in Vietnam

Pursuant to Clause 5, Article 13 of the Decree 144/2021/ND-CP stipulating additional penalties imposed to violations against regulations on management and use of seals in Vietnam as follows:

a) Confiscation of the exhibits and means of administrative violations in case of violations specified in Points c, e and g Clause 3 and Points a and b Clause 4 of this Article;

b) Expulsion of foreigners committing the violations specified in Clauses 3 and 4 of this Article.

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