Chương 8 Luật Khiếu nại, tố cáo 1998: Khen thưởng và xử lý vi phạm

Chapter VIII

REWARD AND HANDLING OF VIOLATIONS

Article 95.- Agencies, organizations and individuals having achievements in the settlement of complaints and denunciations and denunciators having merits in preventing damage to the State, organizations and/or individuals shall be rewarded according to the provisions of law.

Article 96.- If a complaint and denunciation settler commits one of the following acts, he/she shall, depending on the nature and seriousness of the violation, be disciplined or examined for penal liabilities; and pay compensation for the caused damage according to the provisions of law:

1. Showing irresponsibility in the settlement of complaints and denunciations;

2. Causing troubles or harassments, obstructing the exercise of the right to complaints and denunciations;

3. Deliberately delaying the settlement of complaints and/or denunciations;

4. Falsifying complaint and/or denunciation dossiers in the course of settlement thereof;

5. Issuing complaint and/or denunciation-settling decisions in contravention of law;

6. Failing to promptly apply necessary measures to stop acts of law violation;

7. Threatening, retaliating and/or revenging complainant(s) and/or denunciator(s); covering and protecting complained and/or denounced person(s);

8. Failing to act upon the requests and/or proposals of agencies, organizations, National Assembly deputies and People�s Council deputies as prescribed in Article 15, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91 and 93 of this law;

9. Violating other provisions of complaint and denunciation legislation.

Article 97.- If persons receiving citizens commit one of the following acts, they shall, depending on the nature and seriousness of their violations, be disciplined or examined for penal liabilities:

1. Showing irresponsibility in receiving citizens;

2. Causing troubles or harassment, or obstructing persons who come and present complaints, denunciations, proposals, reports;

3. Violating the citizens- receiving rules and regulations;

4. Failing to promptly handle or falsifying or distorting information and documents provided by complainants, denunciators, proposal and/or report makers;

5. Violating other law provisions on receiving citizens.

Article 98.- Persons who are obliged but have failed to abide by complaint-settling decisions or denunciation-handling decisions shall, depending on the nature and seriousness of their violations, be disciplined, administratively sanctioned or examined for penal liabilities; if damage is caused, the compensation must be made according to the provisions of law.

Article 99.- If the head of a competent agency or organization fails to apply necessary measures to handle individuals who violate the provisions of Article 96, Article 97 and Article 98 of this Law, depending on the nature and severity, the Violations are subject to disciplinary action or criminal liability according to the provisions of law.

Article 100.- Those who commit one of the following acts shall, depending on the nature and seriousness of the violation, be disciplined, administratively sanctioned or examined for penal liabilities; if damage is caused, compensation must be made therefor according to the provisions of law:

1. Inciting, forcing, inducing, buying off others to make false complaints and/or denunciations;

2. Taking advantage of the right to complaints and denunciations to make distortions, slanders, to foment disorder, cause damage to agencies, organizations and/or individuals;

3. Making false denunciations;

4. Threatening, retaliating, insulting complainants, denunciators and persons responsible for the settlement of complaints and denunciations;

5. Violating other provisions of complaint and denunciation legislation.