Chapter 1.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
1. This Decree provides administrative violations, sanctioning forms and levels, remedial measures, competence to make minutes of administrative violations and competence to sanction administrative violations of copyright and related rights.
2. Other administrative violations of copyright and related rights not specified in this Decree shall comply with provisions on other Government’s Decrees on sanctioning administrative violations in the relevant state management domains for sanction.
Article 2. Provision on fines bracket, fines competence for individuals and organizations
1. The maximum fine level in domain of Copyright and related rights for individuals will be VND 250,000,000, for organizations will be VND 500,000,000.
2. The fines bracket specified in Chapter II of this Decree is fines bracket applied to individuals, except for cases specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 Article 5; Clause 1 and point b Clause 2 Article 7 of this Decree. For a same violation, fines bracket applicable to organizations will be equal to twice of the fines bracket applicable to individuals.
3. The competence to impose fines of titles defined in Chapter III of this Decree is the competence applied to individuals. The competence to impose fines for organizations shall be more than twice of the competence to impose for individuals.
Article 3. Remedial measures
Apart from remedial measures specified in points d, dd, e and g Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on handling of administrative violations, individuals and organizations committing administrative violations of copyright and related rights may also be subject to one or many of the following remedies:
1. Forcible correction of author’s name, name of the work, name of performers;
2. Forcible withdrawal of certificate of copyright registration, certificate of related-right registration;
3. Forcibly removing copies of works, performances, phonograms, video recordings, or broadcasts which are infringed in electronic form, on internet and digital environment;
4. Forcible refund of royalties, remuneration, or material benefits obtained from committing violation, to copyright or related right holders.