Chương X Luật Thực hành tiết kiệm, chống lãng phí 2005: Khiếu nại, tố cáo, khen thưởng và xử lý vi phạm

Chapter X

COMPLAINTS, DENUNCIATIONS, COMMENDATION, AND HANDLING OF VIOLATIONS

Article 79.- Complaint, denunciation

1. Organizations and individuals shall have the right to complain about, and individuals shall have the right to denounce, acts of violating law on thrift practice and waste combat.

2. Competent agencies, organizations and individuals shall have to settle complaints about, denunciations against, acts of violating law on thrift practice and waste combat according to the provisions of law on complaints and denunciations.

3. Persons who commit acts of covering up, obstructing or showing irresponsibility in handling complaints and/or denunciations against, handling violators of law on thrift practice and waste combat and persons who commit acts of intimidating, retaliating complainants and/or denouncers shall, depending on the nature and seriousness of their violations, be disciplined, administratively sanctioned or examined for penal liability.

Article 80.- Commendation

1. Agencies, organizations and individuals that have innovations, achievements in thrift practice and waste combat, detect and/or prevent acts of wasting state budget, state money and/or properties, labor, working time in the state sector and/or natural resources shall be commended. The Government shall guide in detail the implementation of the provisions of this Clause.

2. Agencies and organizations provided with operation funding by the state budget, that have implemented the mechanism of operation funding package or financial autonomy, shall be entitled to use the saved expenditures for their activities and increase of incomes for laborers.

3. Agencies and organizations provided with operation funding by the state budget, that have not implemented the mechanism of operation funding package or financial autonomy shall be entitled to use the saved expenditures for their activities and part thereof to reward collectives and individuals that record achievements in thrift practice and waste combat.

4. The use of saved expenditures as provided for in Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article must be publicized at agencies and organizations according to the provisions of law.

Article 81.- Compensation for damage caused by acts of wasting

1. Organizations and individuals that commit acts of violating the provisions of this Law, causing waste, shall have to pay partial or full compensation under the provisions of law.

2. The Government shall guide in detail the implementation of the provisions of Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 82.- Disciplinary forms and disciplining competence

1. Public servants who commit acts of violating the provisions of this Law shall, depending on the nature and seriousness of their violations, be disciplined in one of the following forms:

a/ Reprimand;

b/ Caution;

c/ Wage grade lowering;

d/ Rank demotion;

e/ Dismissal;

f/ Sack.

2. Competence to apply disciplinary forms specified in clause 1 of this Article against public servants shall comply with the provisions of law on public servants.

Article 83.- Form of administrative sanctions and competence to sanction administrative violations

1. Organizations and individuals that commit acts of violating the provisions of this Law shall be administratively sanctioned in the following forms:

a/ Caution;

b/ Pecuniary fine.

2. Depending on the nature and seriousness of their violations, the violating organizations and individuals may also be subject to the application of one or all of additional sanctioning forms, including deprivation of the right to use licenses, practice certificates; confiscation of material evidences, means used for commission of violations.

3. Apart from the sanctioning forms specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article, violating organizations and individuals must redress the consequences of their violations as provided for by the law on handling of administrative violations.

4. Competence to apply forms of handling administrative violations against organizations, individuals specified in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall comply with the provisions of law on handling of administrative violations.

Article 84.- Examination for penal liability

Persons who commit acts of violating the provisions of this Law shall be examined for penal liability under the provisions of law if their acts are composed of criminal elements.