Chapter VI
ENVIRONMENT INSPECTION AND SETTLEMENT OF VIOLATION
Article 49
Organisations, individuals have the right to complain to the Head of the Inspection Organs about decisions of the inspection teams or inspectors.
Organisations, individuals have the right to complain, denounce to the State management organs on environment protection or other state organs about activities of violation of the Law on Environment Protection.
The organs receiving letters of complain, denouncement have the responsibility to consider and solve them in accordance with legal regulations.
Article 50
Responsibilities, and rights to deal with violation when occur environment degradation, pollution or accidents are defined as follows:
1. Within one province or city: specialised inspector on environment protection of the province or the city inspects, settles or proposes the Chairman of People's Committee of the province or city to settle.
2. On territory of more than 2 provinces or cities: specialised inspector on environment protection of MOSTE inspects, settles or proposes the Minister of MOSTE to settle.
3. In case of extremely serious violation and the parties do not agree on the decisions mentioned in point 1 and 2 of this Article, they may complain to the Prime Minister.
Article 51
The man who is involved in destruction activities that make harm to the environment, who does not comply with mobilisation by the state organ in charge when environment accident occurs, who does not follow regulations on evaluation of effects on environment and violates other legal regulations on environment protection, is administratively punished or prosecuted in accordance with characteristics and levels of violation and damages.
Article 52
The man who abuses his position, responsibilities and rights, violates regulations of the Law on Environment Protection, protects other people involved in violation of the Law, who is lack of responsibility which leads to environment pollution, accidents; is punished, prosecuted in accordance with characteristics and levels of violation and consequences.