assigned tasks;
b) In the state of intoxication due to the use of alcohol beyond the prescribed limits
or intoxication due to the use of other strong intoxicants;
c) Causing accidents then fleeing in order to shirk responsibility or deliberately
refusing to assist victims of the accident;
d) Failing to obey the orders of the commanders or persons competent to control and
maintain railway traffic order and safety;
e) Causing very serious consequences.
3. Committing the crime and causing particularly serious consequences, the
offenders shall be sentenced to between seven and fifteen years of imprisonment.
4. Committing the crime in cases where particularly serious consequences may
actually occur if they are not warded off in time, the offenders shall be subject to a
fine of between ten million dong and fifty million dong, to non-custodial reform for
up to two years or a prison term of between six months and three years.
5. The offenders may also be banned from holding certain posts, practicing certain
occupations or doing certain jobs for one to five years.
Article 209.- Obstructing railway traffic
1. Those who commit one of the following acts of obstructing railway traffic,
causing loss of lives or serious damage to the health and/or property of other persons
or who have already been administratively sanctioned for such act or have already
been sentenced for such offense, not yet entitled to criminal record remission but
continue to commit it, shall be subject to a fine of between ten million dong and fifty
million dong, non-custodial reform for up to three years or to a prison term of
between one and five years:
a) Placing obstacles on railways;
b) Dislocating rails and/or sleepers;
c) Illegally drilling, digging and/or cutting railway beds, illegally opening roads
across railway lines;
d) Damaging, changing, removing and/or shielding signals, signboards and/or
marker posts of railway traffic works;
e) Letting animals cross railways in contravention of regulations or letting animals
drag carts across railways without persons handling the animals;
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