million dong, to a ban from practicing certain occupations or doing certain jobs for
one to five years.
Article 169.- Deliberately acting against the regulations on distribution of relief
money and goods
1. Those who abuse their positions and/or powers and deliberately act against the
regulations on distribution of relief money and goods, causing serious consequences,
shall be subject to warning, non-custodial reform for up to two years or to a prison
term of between three months and two years.
2. Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall
be sentenced to between one and five years of imprisonment:
a) In an organized manner;
b) Committing the crime more than once;
c) Causing very serious or particularly serious consequences.
3. The offenders may also be banned from holding certain posts for one to five years.
Article 170.- Breaching the regulations on the granting of industrial property
protection deeds
1. Those who are competent to grant protection deeds and breach the law provisions
on the granting of industrial property protection deeds, have already been disciplined
or administrative sanctioned for such act but still commit it, causing serious
consequences, shall be subject to non-custodial reform for up to three years or to a
prison term of between six months and three years.
2. Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall
be sentenced to from two to seven years of imprisonment:
a) In an organized manner;
b) Committing the crime more than once;
c) Causing very serious or particularly serious consequences.
3. The offenders may also be banned from holding certain posts for one to five years.
Article 171.- Infringing upon industrial property rights
1. Those who, for business purposes, appropriate and/or illegally use inventions,
utility solutions, industrial designs, trade marks, appellation, goods origins or other
industrial property objects, which are protected in Vietnam, thus causing serious
consequences or who have already been administratively sanctioned for such acts or
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