THE
GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No.
36/2007/ND-CP
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Hanoi,
March 8, 2007
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DECREE
ON PENALTIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENCES IN SECURITIES AND
SECURITIES MARKET SECTOR
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the Law on
Organization of the Government dated 25 December 2001; Pursuant to the Law on
Securities dated 29 June 2006;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on Dealing with Administrative Offences dated 2 July
2002;
On the proposal of the Minister of Finance;
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.
Governing scope
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2. Administrative offences in
the securities and securities market sector comprise:
(a) Breaches of provisions on
making public offers of securities;
(b) Breaches of provisions on
public companies;
(c) Breaches of provisions on
securities listing;
(d) Breaches of provisions on
organization of the securities trading market;
(dd) Breaches of provisions on
securities business operations and securities business practising certificates;
(e) Breaches of provisions on
securities trading;
(g) Breaches of provisions on
securities registration, depository, clearance and payment; and on custodian
banks;
(h) Breaches of provisions on
disclosure of information;
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(k) Breaches of provisions
regarding hindering an investigation.
Article 2.
Applicable entities
Any domestic or foreign
organization, body or individual (hereinafter all referred to as any entity)
who breaches the provisions of the law on securities and securities market but
not to the level justifying criminal prosecution shall be dealt with for an
administrative breach in accordance with the provisions of this Decree, unless
an international treaty of which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member
contains other provisions in which case the provisions of such treaty shall
apply.
Article 3. Principles
for imposing penalties for administrative offences
1. The principles for imposing
penalties for administrative offences in the securities and securities market
sector shall be implemented in accordance with article 3 of the Ordinance on
Dealing with Administrative Offences.
2. After an organization is
dealt with for an administrative offence which it committed, it must comply
with the penalty decision and then identify the individual in such organization
whose fault caused the breach in order to determine the legal and financial
responsibilities of such individual pursuant to law.
Article 4.
Time-limit for imposing penalties for administrative offences
1. The time-limit for imposing a
penalty for an administrative offence in the securities and securities market
sector shall be two years as from the date the offence was committed. At the
expiry of this time-limit, measures for remedying consequences as stipulated in
article 7.3 of this Decree shall still apply.
2. If an individual who commits
an administrative offence in the securities and securities market sector is
investigated for criminal responsibility, or sued or prosecuted and thereafter
there is a decision suspending such investigation or case, then the individual
shall be dealt with administratively pursuant to the provisions of this Decree.
The person issuing the decision to suspend the investigation or case shall
forward a copy of such decision to the person authorized to deal with
administrative offences. In such circumstances the statutory time-limit for
imposing an administrative penalty shall be three months as from the date of
receipt of the decision on suspension of the former investigation or case by
the person authorized to deal with administrative offences.
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Article 5.
Period after which a penalty shall be deemed not to have been imposed
If any entity commits an
administrative offence and at the expiry of a period of one year from the date of
complete compliance with a penalty decision or from the date of expiry of
effectiveness of the penalty decision such offender does not commit a repeat
offence, it shall be deemed that the entity was not subject to a penalty for
any administrative breach.
Article 6.
Mitigating and aggravating circumstances
When imposing a penalty for an
administrative offence in the securities and securities market sector, the
following shall be regarded as mitigating or aggravating circumstances:
1. The following shall be deemed
to be mitigating circumstances:
(a) The offender has taken steps
to prevent or mitigate the impact of the breach or has voluntarily redressed
its consequences or paid compensation for loss and damage;
(b) The offender has voluntarily
confessed the offence and sincerely repented;
(c) The offence was committed
under compulsion or during spiritual or material dependency;
(d) The offence was committed
due to a lack of understanding;
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2. The following shall be deemed
to be aggravating circumstances:
(a) The offence was
pre-organized;
(b) The offender has committed a
number of offences or has repeatedly committed the same offence in the same
sector;
(c) The offender forced a person
materially or spiritually dependent on the offender to commit the offence;
(d) The offender took advantage
of his or her official position or powers to commit the offence;
(dd) The offence was committed
while the offender was subject to an administrative penalty decision;
(e) The offender committed the
breach in spite of a request from an authorized person to desist;
(g) The offender took further
action to evade or cover-up the administrative breach.
Article 7.
Forms of penalty, measures for remedying consequences
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(a) A warning;
(b) A fine.
2. Depending on the nature and
seriousness of the breach, the offending entity may also be subject to one or
more additional penalties as follows:
(a) Confiscation of the entire
revenue earned from the breach and of the number of securities used to commit
the breach;
(b) Suspension for a fixed
period or rescission of the public securities issue tranche, if after forty
(40) days from the date of the breach the deficiency is not remedied;
(c) Revocation for a limited or
unlimited period of the certificate for the public issue of securities, or of
the licence for establishment and operation of the securities company,
securities investments fund management company, or securities investment
company; of the licence for registration of securities depository activities;
or of the securities business practising certificate. During the period of
revocation of the right to use any of the aforementioned documents, the entity
shall not be permitted to conduct any professional operation as stipulated in
the relevant certificate, licence or practising certificate.
3. An offending entity may, in
addition to being subject to the main penalty and additional penalties as
stipulated in clauses 1 and 2 of this article, and depending on the nature and
seriousness of the breach, also be subject to one or more of the following
measures in order to remedy consequences of the breach:
(a) Compulsory compliance with
law;
(b) Compulsory rescission or
correction of incorrect or false information;
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Article 8.
Applicability of laws in other sectors on penalties for administrative offences
If there are other current laws
which regulate conduct which constitutes an administrative offence in the
securities and securities market sector, and which specifically regulates the
form and level of penalties for such conduct, then such other laws shall apply.
Chapter II
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENCES,
FORMS OF PENALTY, AND LEVEL OF FINES
Section 1.
BREACHES OF PROVISIONS ON MAKING PUBLIC OFFERS OF SECURITIES
Article 9.
Fines for offences regarding public offers of securities
1. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to the issuing organization or to the director
or general director, chief accountant or other affiliated person of the issuing
organization, the underwriter or the consultant which prepared an application
file for registration of a public offer of securities containing incorrect,
misleading or incomplete information which affected the decision of investors.
2. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to the issuing organization or to the director
or general director, deputy director or deputy general director, chief
accountant or other affiliated person of the issuing organization, the
underwriter or the consultant advising on the issue who commits one of the
following breaches:
(a) Deliberate announcement of
information which is incorrect or which hides the truth;
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(c) Distribution of securities
incorrectly in terms of the contents of the registration for the offer
regarding the class of securities, the period for conducting the issue and the
minimum volume of securities to be offered;
(d) Making an announcement about
the issue on the media which is incorrect in terms of the contents of the issue
and the time for the issue;
(dd) The underwriter has a total
value of securities which exceeds the percentage stipulated by law.
3. A fine of from one per cent
(1%) to five per cent (5%) of the total amount of money unlawfully raised shall
apply to the issuing organization or to the director or general director, chief
accountant or other affiliated person of the issuing organization, the
underwriter, the consultant advising on the issue, to the auditing organization
which provided approval, the person signing the audit report or entity
certifying the application file for registration of the public offer of
securities containing false information which caused loss to investors.
4. A fine of from one to five
times the amount of money unlawfully collected shall apply to an issuing
organization making a public offer of securities without having a certificate
of registration of such offer.
5. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
(a) Suspension of the issuing
tranche for a period of forty-five (45) days in the case of a breach of clauses
2 and 3 of this article;
(b) Revocation of the
certificate of registration of the public offer after the period of suspension
stipulated in sub-clause (a) above, if the breach was not remedied;
(c) Compulsory rescission of the
issuing tranche in the case of a breach of clause 4 of this article;
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(dd) Confiscation of the entire
proceeds illegally collected by the offending entity in the case of a breach of
clauses 3 or 4 of this article.
6. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
(a) If an investor requests
rescission of its purchase order within a period of thirty (30) days from the
date an issuing tranche is suspended pursuant to clause 5(a) of this article,
then the issuing organization must recover the securities which it offered for
sale and refund the deposit or purchase monies together with interest at the
rate of on-call deposits.
(b) Within a period of thirty
(30) days from the date the certificate of registration of the public offer is
revoked pursuant to clause 5(b) of this article or from the date the issuing
tranche is compulsorily rescinded pursuant to clause 5(c), the issuing
organization must recover the securities which it offered for sale and refund
investors their deposits or purchase monies together with interest at the rate
of on-call deposits.
Section 2.
BREACHES OF PROVISIONS ON PUBLIC COMPANIES
Article 10.
Fines for offences regarding public offers of securities
1. A fine shall apply to any
public company as defined in article 25.1(c) of the Law on Securities which
commits a first offence, with mitigating circumstances as defined on article 6
of this Decree, being failure to lodge a file with the State Securities
Commission within ninety days of the date of its becoming a public company.
2. A fine of from five million
to ten million VND shall apply to a public company which commits one of the
following breaches:
(a) Failure to lodge a file with
the State Securities Commission within ninety days of the date of its becoming a
public company, applicable to the companies defined in article 25.1(c) of the
Law on Securities;
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(c) Failure to conduct
securities registration or securities depository as required by articles 52 and
53 of the Law on Securities;
(d) Failure to comply with the
provisions of the Law on Enterprises regarding corporate management as required
by article 28.1 of the Law on Securities.
3. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to a public company which commits one of the
following breaches:
(a) Failure to lodge a
registration file with the State Securities Commission after the expiry of one
year from the date of becoming a public company, applicable to the companies
defined in article 25.1(c) of the Law on Securities;
(b) Failure to disclose
information as required by article 101 of the Law on Securities;
(c) Breach of the accounting
regime applicable to public companies or failure to audit annual financial
statements or failure to apply the corporate management regime as required by
the Law on Enterprises after the expiry of one year from the date of becoming a
public company;
(d) Failure to correctly conduct
securities registration or securities depository leading to a dispute or legal
proceedings regarding ownership and affecting the interests of shareholders in
the public company.
4. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this article.
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1. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to any entity becoming a major shareholder of a
public company with shares listed on the Stock Exchange or a Securities Trading
Centre, which entity commits one of the following breaches:
(a) Any entity or group of
affiliated persons who become a major shareholder of a public company with
shares listed on the Stock Exchange or a Securities Trading Centre and which
fails, within a time-limit of seven working days, to report such ownership to
the public company, the State Securities Commission [and/or] to the Stock
Exchange or Securities Trading Centre where the public company shares are
listed;
(b) Providing an inaccurate or
incomplete report on major shareholder ownership as required by article 29.2 of
the Law on Securities;
(c) Any entity or group of
affiliated persons being a major shareholder of a public company with shares
listed on the Stock Exchange or a Securities Trading Centre and which fails,
within a time-limit of seven working days from the date of changing ownership
by more than one per cent of the volume of shares of the same class currently
in circulation, to provide an additional report thereon to the public company,
the State Securities Commission [and/or] to the Stock Exchange or Securities
Trading Centre where the public company shares are listed;
(d) A member of the board of
management, board of directors, chief accountant or auditor of the issuing
organization or any other affiliated person who trades shares in such listed
company but fails to provide notice thereon to the Stock Exchange or Securities
Trading Centre seven working days prior to the date of trading and three
working days after completion of the transaction.
2. Measures for remedying
consequences:
(a) Compulsory compliance with
law, applicable to the breach stipulated in clause 1 of this article;
(b) Any member of the board of
management, director or general director, deputy director or deputy general
director, accountant, finance officer or other manager of the public company
who derives a profit from the purchase or sale of the public company shares
must repay such profit to the public company within six months of the date of
such purchase or sale.
Article 12.
Fines for offences by a public company with shares listed on the Stock
Exchange or a Securities Trading Centre and which redeems its shares
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(a) Failure to make a public
announcement of redemption of its own shares at least seven working days prior
to the date of such redemption as required by article 30.2 of the Law on
Securities;
(b) Making a public announcement
of redemption of its own shares but with incomplete information about the
purpose of the redemption, the number of shares to be redeemed, the source of
funding for the redemption and the period for conducting the redemption; or
having registered and made a public announcement about a redemption of shares,
but failing to in fact conduct such redemption;
(c) Reselling the number of
shares redeemed within six months of the date of the redemption, without
approval from the Ministry of Finance.
2. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 1 of this article.
Section 3.
BREACHES OF PROVISIONS ON SECURITIES LISTING
Article 13.
Fines for an offence being a breach of the provisions on listing securities
on the Stock Exchange or a Securities Trading Centre
1. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to the listing organization or to the director
or general director, deputy director or deputy general director, chief
accountant or other affiliated person of the listing organization, to the
consultancy organization advising on the listing, the auditing organization
which provided approval, the person signing the audit report or any entity
certifying the application file for listing and which commits any one of the
following breaches:
(a) The application file for
listing on the Stock Exchange or a Securities Trading Centre contains
incorrect, misleading or incomplete information;
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(c) The listing organization
fails to fully comply with the provisions on the period for announcing
information, the items to be announced and the method of announcing information
about listing.
2. A fine of from fifty million
to seventy million VND shall apply to the listing organization or to the
director or general director, deputy director or deputy general director, chief
accountant or other affiliated person of the listing organization, to the
consultancy organization advising on the listing, the auditing organization
which provided approval, the person signing the audit report or any entity
certifying the application file for listing and which contains false
information which caused serious misunderstanding.
3. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Rescission of the listing
applicable to the breach stipulated in clause 2 of this article.
4. Other measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clauses 1 and 2 of this article.
Section 4.
BREACHES OF PROVISIONS ON ORGANIZATION OF THE SECURITIES TRADING MARKET
Article 14.
Fines for an offence being a breach of the provisions on organization of the
securities trading market
1. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to any entity which organizes a securities
trading market contrary to article 33.3 of the Law on Securities but does not
thereby derive a profit.
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3. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
(a) Compulsory rescission of the
unlawful organization of the securities trading market;
(b) Confiscation of the entire
income unlawfully derived from the breach, applicable to the breach stipulated
in clause 2 of this article.
3. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clauses 1 and 2 of this article.
Article 15.
Fines for an offence being a breach by the Stock Exchange or a Securities
Trading Centre of the provisions on administration of listing
1. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to the Stock Exchange or a Securities Trading
Centre which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Approval or rescission of
listing in respect of an application file for listing which fails to abide by
the stipulated conditions on capital, business results, financial capability,
number of shareholders or number of owners of securities;
(b) Failure to detect a listing
organization which does not maintain the stipulated conditions for listing;
failure to provide a warning signal or announce information as stipulated by
law, affecting the market price of securities.
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Compulsory compliance with the
provisions in articles 37.4, 37.6 and 40.1 of the Law on Securities.
Article 16.
Fines for an offence being a breach by the Stock Exchange or a Securities
Trading Centre of the provisions on administration of members
1. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to the Stock Exchange or a Securities Trading
Centre which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Approval or rescission of
membership of a securities company which fails to abide by the stipulated
conditions on capital, material and technical facilities, and number of
practising staff as required by the Membership Rules;
(b) Failure to detect a trading
member which does not maintain the stipulated conditions for membership or
breaches provisions on members' obligations in article 39.2 and 39.4 of the Law
on Securities.
2. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with the
provisions in articles 37.5, 39.2 and 39.4 of the Law on Securities.
Article 17.
Fines for an offence being a breach by the Stock Exchange or a Securities
Trading Centre of the provisions on trading, supervision and disclosure of
information
1. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to the Stock Exchange or a Securities Trading
Centre which commits any one of the following breaches:
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(b) Fails to promptly detect
breaches of the Trading Rules or fails to comply with the provisions on
supervision of trading activities, thereby seriously affecting the fair, public
and transparent nature of the market;
(c) Fails to cease, suspend or
rescind trading of securities in necessary cases in accordance with the Trading
Rules of the Stock Exchange or Securities Trading Centre in order to protect
investors, or fails to promptly provide a warning signal or announce
information on the market about fluctuations seriously affecting the market.
2. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 1 of this article.
Article 18.
Fines for an offence being a breach of the provisions on trading securities at
a securities company
1. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to a securities company which trades
securities at the company and which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Failure to publicly announce
at the headquarters of the company, or at its branches or agencies for the
receipt of orders, the relevant items regarding trading methods, placing
orders, providing a security deposit for trading, term for payment, trading
fees and other relevant services concerning trading of securities listed at the
Securities Trading Centre; and the list of practising members conducting
trading of securities listed at the Securities Trading Centre and being trading
members of such Centre;
(b) Failure to fully discharge
the obligation to report and to disclose information about trading of
securities listed at the Securities Trading Centre.
2. A fine of from fifty million
to seventy million VND shall apply to a securities company which trades
securities at the Securities Trading Centre of which such company is a member
but contrary to the Trading Rules of the Securities Trading Centre as
stipulated in article 41.2(b) of the Law on Securities.
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Confiscation of the entire
income unlawfully derived from the breach, and compulsory termination of
trading at the securities company.
4. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with the
Trading Rules of the Securities Trading Centre, applicable to the breaches
stipulated in clauses 1 and 2 of this article.
Section 5.
BREACHES OF PROVISIONS ON SECURITIES BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AND SECURITIES
BUSINESS PRACTISING CERTIFICATES
Article 19.
Penalties for a breach by a representative office of the provisions on
securities business licences and certificates of registered operation
1. A warning shall apply to a
securities company, a fund management company, a securities investment company,
or to the branch of a foreign securities company or fund management company in
Vietnam which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Uses a name for the company
or branch other than the name in the licence;
(b) Fails to provide notice of
change of head office.
2. A fine of from five million
to ten million VND shall apply to a securities company, a fund management
company, a securities investment company, or to the branch of a foreign
securities company or fund management company in Vietnam which commits any one
of the following breaches:
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(b) Operates in breach of its
company charter or fund charter, or fails to provide notice of change of such
charter.
3. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to a securities company, a fund management
company, a securities investment company, or to the branch of a foreign
securities company or fund management company in Vietnam which commits any one
of the following breaches:
(a) Conducts a securities
business operation or provides securities services without a licence;
(b) Lends or assigns its
licence;
(c) Conducts a securities
business operation or provides securities services in an unlicensed sector or
when its licence is no longer valid;
(d) Erases or amends its
licence;
(dd) Implements changes
regarding securities and the securities market without approval from the State
Securities Commission.
4. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to a securities company or a securities
investment fund management company which divides, merges, consolidates or
converts its company form without approval from the State Securities
Commission.
5. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to a representative office of a foreign
securities company or fund management company in Vietnam which directly engages
in a securities business operation contrary to law.
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(a) Confiscation of the entire
income unlawfully derived from the breach, applicable to the breaches
stipulated in clauses 3(a), 3(b), 3(c) and clause 5 of this article;
(b) Revocation for a forty-five
day period of the right to use the licence for establishment and operation of
the securities company, fund management company, securities investment company,
or branch of the foreign securities company or fund management company in
Vietnam, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 2(b); clauses 3(b),
3(c), 3(d); and clause 4 of this article;
(c) Revocation of the licence
for establishment and operation of the securities company, fund management
company, securities investment company, or branch of the foreign securities
company or fund management company in Vietnam, if the breach had not been
remedied on expiry of the period of revocation of the right to use the licence
stipulated in clause 6(b) of this article;
(d) Revocation of the business
registration certificate of the representative office of the foreign securities
company or fund management company in Vietnam, applicable to the breach
stipulated in clause 5 of this article.
7. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clauses 2 to 5 inclusive of this
article.
Article 20.
Fines for breach by a securities company of the provisions on business
activities
1. A fine of from five million
to ten million VND shall apply to a securities company which commits one of the
following breaches:
(a) Fails to organize and
establish systems for internal control, for risk management, and for
supervision and prevention of conflicts of interest within the company and
during trading with affiliated persons as defined by law;
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(c) Fails to sign written
contracts with clients prior to providing services to the clients; fails to
provide complete and truthful information to clients;
(d) Fails to comply with the
principle to prioritize orders from clients prior to placing self-trading
orders of the enterprise; fails to correctly implement orders from investors;
(dd) Fails to fully collate and
study information about the financial status, investment objectives, and
ability to accept risks of clients; fails to hold periodic assessments and
classifications of clients regarding their ability to accept risks; or the
recommendations and advice of the company given to clients does not comply with
the criteria for assessment and classification of clients regarding the
latter's' ability to accept risks;
(e) Fails to observe the regime
on maintaining confidentiality of information from clients as stipulated by
law.
2. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to a securities company which commits one of
the following breaches:
(a) Fails to maintain the level
of liquid capital required by law;
(b) Makes investments or capital
contributions in excess of the levels stipulated by law;
(c) Fails to purchase
professional indemnity insurance for the business of the company;
(d) Fails to establish
sufficient funds for the protection of investors to pay compensation for loss
to investors caused by technical breakdowns or errors by staff of the
securities company;
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(e) Fails to properly record
details of transactions for clients made by the company as stipulated by law.
3. A fine of from fifty million
to seventy million VND shall apply to a securities company which commits one of
the following breaches:
(a) Sells or permits clients to
sell securities when the clients are no longer owners of the securities;
(b) Lends securities to clients
to enable them to sell securities contrary to law;
(c) Lends money to clients to
enable them to purchase securities, unless regulations of the
Ministry of Finance provide
otherwise.
4. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
(a) Revocation for a thirty day
period of the right to use the licence for establishment and operation of the
securities company, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 2 of this
article;
(b) Revocation for a forty-five
day period of the right to use the licence for establishment and operation of
the securities company, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 3 of
this article;
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5. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with the
provisions on business activities, applicable to the breaches stipulated in
clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this article.
Article 21.
Fines for breach by a fund management company of the provisions on business
activities
1. A fine of from five million
to ten million VND shall apply to a fund management company which commits one
of the following breaches:
(a) Fails to organize and
establish systems for internal control, for risk management, and for
supervision and prevention of conflicts of interest within the company and
during trading with affiliated persons as defined by law;
(b) Fails to manage separately
the securities of each fund;
(c) Fails to sign written contracts
with clients entrusting investment to the fund management company;
(d) Fails to provide complete
and truthful information to clients during provision of services;
(dd) Fails to fully collate
information about the financial status of investors; makes investments contrary
to the investment objectives; or provides advice to its entrusting investors
contrary to the law on distribution of profit and other provisions.
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(a) Fails to comply with the
fund charter; fails to comply with the regulations on protection of the
interests of investors;
(b) Fails to purchase
professional indemnity insurance for fund management at the company; fails
to establish reserve funds in
order to pay compensation for loss to investors as a result of technical
breakdowns or errors made by staff of the fund management company;
(c) Fails to properly archive
source documents, [and/or] fails to record accurately and in detail all
transactions regarding investments of fund assets.
3. A fine of from fifty million
to seventy million VND shall apply to a fund management company which commits
one of the following breaches:
(a) Conducts a false net asset
valuation of a securities investment fund in order to stabilize the price of
certificates on the market;
(b) Uses capital or assets of a
securities investment fund to lend or to underwrite other issues;
(c) Uses capital or assets of
one securities investment fund in order to invest or purchase assets of another
fund managed by the same company;
(d) Uses capital or assets of a
securities investment fund in order to make a capital contribution, in order to
hold shareholding, or in order to borrow from or make a loan to another fund
management company;
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(e) Uses capital or assets of a
securities investment fund to invest in the securities of an issuing
organization in excess of twenty-five (25) per cent of the total value of
currently circulating securities in such issuing organization;
(g) Uses capital or assets of a
securities investment fund in order to invest in excess of twenty (20) per cent
of the total value of the fund assets in currently circulating securities of a
issuing organization;
(h) Uses capital or assets of a
securities investment fund in order to invest in excess of ten (10) per cent of
the total value of a closed fund in real estate, or invests capital of an open
fund in real estate;
(i) Uses capital or assets of an
investment fund in order to invest in excess of thirty (30) per cent of the total
value of assets of a public fund in a company in the same group of companies
which have an ownership relationship with each other;
(k) Uses capital or assets of an
investment fund in order to make loans or to provide guarantees for any other
loan whatsoever;
(l) Borrows money in order to
assist activities of a public fund contrary to law.
4. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
(a) Revocation for a thirty day
period of the right to use the licence for establishment and operation of the
fund management company, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clauses 2(a)
and 2(b) of this article;
(b) Revocation for a forty-five
day period of the right to use the licence for establishment and operation of
the fund management company, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 3
of this article;
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5. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this article.
Article 22.
Fines for breach by a securities investment company of the provisions on
establishment, and on offering public fund certificates and shares
1. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to a fund management company, a securities
investment company, the underwriter, the custodian bank and any affiliated
person who commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) The application file for
registration of establishment of a public fund, or for an offer of public fund
certificates, or for an public offer of shares in a securities investment
company as sent to the State Securities Commission contains false, misleading
or incomplete information on important items which may affect the decision of
investors;
(b) Using information outside
the prospectus in order to conduct market research prior to obtaining
permission for an offer of public fund certificates or for a public offer of
shares in a securities investment company;
(c) Distribution of public fund
certificates or shares in a securities investment company to the public prior
to conducting an announcement of the issue;
(d) Announcing an offer of
public fund certificates or a public offer of shares in a securities investment
company incorrectly in terms of the media required by law, or making an
announcement which is incorrect in terms of contents, time-limits and duration
as required by law;
(dd) Underwriting an issue with
a total value of public fund certificates or a total value of shares in a
securities investment company which exceeds the stipulated level.
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3. A fine of from thirty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to a fund management company, a securities
investment company, the underwriter and the person signing the report
participating in drafting of an application file for establishment of a fund,
for establishment of a public securities investment company or for an offer of
public fund certificates or a public offer of shares in a securities investment
company, when such application file contains false information.
4. A fine of from fifty million
to seventy million VND shall apply to a fund management company, a public
securities investment company and the underwriter making an offer of public
fund certificates or a public offer of shares in a securities investment
company without approval from the State Securities Commission.
5. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
(a) Suspension for a forty-five
day period of the offer of public fund certificates or the public offer of
shares in the securities investment company, applicable to the breaches
stipulated in clause 3 of this article;
(b) Rescission of the offer of
public fund certificates or the public offer of shares in the securities
investment company, if the breach had not been remedied on expiry of the period
stipulated in clause 5(a) of this article;
(c) Compulsory rescission of the
offer of public fund certificates or the public offer of shares in the securities
investment company, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 4 of this
article;
(d) Confiscation of the entire
income unlawfully derived by the individual or organization from a breach as
stipulated in clauses 3 and 4 of this article.
6. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
(a) The fund management company
must organize recovery of all the certificates, and the securities investment
company must organize recovery of the shares it offered for sale and must also
refund deposits or purchase monies paid for certificates by investors if
investors ask to rescind their purchase orders within a time-limit of 15 days
from the date of suspension of the offer of public fund certificates or of the
offer of shares in the securities investment company as stipulated in clause
5(a) of this article;
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Article 23.
Fines for a breach of the provisions on establishment of a member fund
1. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to a fund management company and any
affiliated person who commits one of the following breaches:
(a) The application file for
establishment of a member fund sent to the State Securities Commission contains
incorrect or incomplete information, affecting the interests of capital
contributing members;
(b) The contract for management
and supervision of assets of the member fund between the fund management
company and the custodian bank is incorrect in terms of the stipulated contents
[and/or] contrary to the fund
charter, causing loss to the capital contributing members;
(c) Failure to report or to
promptly report on unusual risks to or loss of assets of the fund, seriously
affecting the interests of capital contributing members.
2. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to any breach stipulated in clause 1 of this article.
Article 24.
Fines for a breach of the provisions on securities business practising
certificates
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(a) Fails to promptly report on
a change of professional staff;
(b) Fails to appoint
participants for training courses on new laws, new trading systems and new
classes of securities.
2. A fine of from five million
to ten million VND shall apply to a securities company, a fund management
company or a securities investment company which commits any one of the
following breaches:
(a) Arranges for a person
without a securities business practising certificate to conduct a professional
operation when the law requires that such professional operation must be
conducted by a person with such certificate;
(b) Fails to change or transfer
work of people whose securities business practising certificates have been
recovered pursuant to a decision of a competent body.
3. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to a securities business practitioner who
commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Concurrently works for
another organization which has an ownership relationship with the securities
company or fund management company where such person works;
(b) Concurrently works for
another securities company or fund management company;
(c) Concurrently acts as the
director or general director of another organization which makes a public offer
of securities or which is a listing organization;
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(dd) Any person with a practising
certificate and being a member of the board of management, the board of
directors or the board of controllers of a securities company who invests in
another securities company.
4. A fine of from thirty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to a securities business practitioner who
commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Takes advantage of his or
her position or powers in order to lend money or securities in the account of a
client or to use securities of a client to pledge, or uses money and securities
in the account of a client without having authority from such client;
(b) Directly or indirectly
commits any act of fraud or cheating, or creates false information or excludes
essential information causing serious misunderstanding and affecting the
operations being a public offer of securities; securities listing, trading,
business or investment; or securities and securities market services;
(c) Lends a securities business
practising certificate;
(d) Erases or changes a
securities business practising certificate.
5. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
(a) Revocation for an indefinite
term of the right to use the securities business practising certificate,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clauses 3 and 4 of this article;
(b) Confiscation of the entire
income unlawfully derived by the securities business practitioner from the
breach, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 4 of this article.
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Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clauses 1 to 4 inclusive of this
article.
Section 6.
BREACHES OF PROVISIONS ON SECURITIES TRADING
Article 25.
Fines for an offence being breach of the provisions prohibiting participation
in securities trading
1. A fine of from thirty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to an individual and a fine of from fifty
million to seventy million VND shall apply to an organization prohibited by law
from direct or indirect participation in share trading which holds or purchases
shares by changing name or borrowing the name of another person to conduct
securities trading.
2. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
Confiscation of the entire
income unlawfully derived and of the quantity of shares used to commit the
breach.
3. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to a breach of article 126.2 of the Law on Securities.
Article 26.
Fines for acting fraudulently or cheating during securities trading
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(a) Directly or indirectly
participates in committing any act of fraud or cheating, or creating false
information or excluding essential information causing serious misunderstanding
and affecting the operations being securities issuing, listing, trading,
business, investment or services;
(b) Directly participates in
provision of false information aimed at inducing the purchase or sale of
securities, or directly participates in failure to promptly disclose
information about an event affecting the market price of securities.
2. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
Confiscation of the entire
income unlawfully derived by the individual or organization investing in
securities, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 1 of this article.
3. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 1 of this article.
Article 27.
Fines for an offence being inside trading during securities trading
1. A fine of from thirty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to an individual and a fine of from fifty
million to seventy million VND shall apply to an organization investing in
securities which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Uses internal information to
purchase or sell securities in a public company or public fund for oneself or
for a third party;
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2. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
Confiscation of the entire
income unlawfully derived by the individual or organization investing in
securities, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 1 of this article.
3. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with the
provisions prohibiting inside trading, applicable to the breaches stipulated in
clause 1 of this article.
Article 28.
Fines for an offence being securities market rigging
1. A fine of from thirty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to an individual and a fine of from fifty
million to seventy million VND shall apply to an organization investing in
securities which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Colludes during trading of
securities, aimed at creating false supply and demand;
(b) Trades securities by
colluding with or enticing another person to continually purchase and sell
securities in order to rig the price of the securities;
(c) Combines or uses other
trading methods in order to manipulate the price of securities.
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Confiscation of the entire
income unlawfully derived by the individual or organization investing in
securities, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 1 of this article.
3. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with law,
applicable to the breaches stipulated in clause 1 of this article.
Article 29.
Fines for a breach of the provisions on public offers to acquire
1. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to any entity which makes an offer to acquire
voting shares resulting in ownership of twenty-five (25) per cent or more of
the number of currently circulating shares in a public company, or which makes
an offer to acquire without having registered the public offer to acquire with
the State Securities Commission or without approval from the State Securities
Commission.
2. A fine of from fifty million
to seventy million VND shall apply to any entity which makes an offer to
acquire voting shares resulting in ownership of twenty-five (25) per cent or more
of the number of currently circulating shares in a public company, or which
makes an offer to acquire to entities which are compulsorily required to sell
their shares and which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Directly or indirectly purchases
or undertakes to purchase a number of the shares which are currently the
subject of the public offer from a person not involved in the offer;
(b) Sells or undertakes to sell
a number of shares which are currently the subject of the offer to purchase;
(c) Treats unequally owners of
the same class of shares which are the subject of a current offer to purchase;
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(dd) Fails to comply with the
provisions on the period for conducting a public offer tranche of securities;
(e) Conducts a public offer when
the subjects of the offer are persons who are compulsorily required to sell the
shares which they currently own;
(g) Fails to apply the
conditions of the public offer to all shareholders in the public company;
(h) Refuses to purchase shares
from a particular shareholder in accordance with the conditions of the public
offer.
3. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
(a) Suspension for a forty-five
day period of the public offer to acquire, applicable to the breaches
stipulated in clauses 1 and 2 of this article;
(b) Rescission of the public
offer to acquire, if the breach had not been remedied on expiry of the period
stipulated in clause 3(a) of this article.
4. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with the
provisions on public offers to acquire, applicable to the breaches stipulated
in clauses 1 and 2 of this article.
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Article 30.
Fines for an offence being a breach of the provisions on securities
registration, depository, clearance and payment
1. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to the Securities Depository Centre and to any
securities depository member who commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Organizes securities
registration, depository, clearance and payment while failing to satisfy the
stipulated conditions on material and technical facilities required for such
activities;
(b) Fails to formulate
operational rules and rules on risk management for each professional operation
as required by law;
(c) Fails to have methods to
protect databases and to archive all source documents regarding registration,
depository, settlements and payments for securities as required by law.
2. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to the Securities Depository Centre, its staff
and to any securities depository member who commits any one of the following
breaches:
(a) Breaches the regime on
preservation and archiving of securities, and the regime on registration,
depository, settlement and payment for securities as stipulated by law, causing
loss to clients;
(b) Breaches the regime on
maintaining confidentiality of depository accounts of clients as stipulated by
law;
(c) Fails to provide promptly
complete and accurate lists of securities owners, lists of shareholders and
other relevant data as requested by a public company.
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to any securities depository member
who breaches the provisions on time for payment, time-limit for transferring
ownership of securities, or who amends or erases or falsifies source documents
during payment and/or transfer of ownership of securities, causing material
loss to clients.
4. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
(a) Revocation for a minimum
ninety day period of the right to use the certificate of registration of
securities depository operation, applicable to any securities depository member
who breaches a provision in clause 2(a) or clause 3 of this article;
(b) Confiscation of the entire
income unlawfully derived by the organization and its staff conducting
securities registration, depository, clearance and payment, applicable to the
breaches stipulated in clauses 2 and 3 of this article.
5. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with the
law, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clauses 2 and 3 of this article.
Article 31.
Fines for an offence being a breach of the provisions on responsibilities
of custodian banks
1. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to a custodian bank which exercises the function
of a custodian bank while failing to satisfy the stipulated conditions on
material and technical facilities required for such operation.
2. A fine of from twenty million
to fifty million VND shall apply to a custodian bank which commits any one of
the following breaches:
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(b) Certifies reports on assets
of a public fund or of a securities investment company which were prepared
inaccurately or erroneously by the fund management company or by the securities
investment company.
3. A fine of from fifty million
to seventy million VND shall apply to a custodian bank which commits any one of
the following breaches:
(a) Preserves assets of a
securities investment fund or assets of a securities investment company
contrary to the charter of the fund or the charter of the company;
(b) Fails to ensure separate
preservation of assets of one investment fund from assets of another investment
fund;
(c) The custodian bank, or a
member of the board of management or board of directors or staff of the custodian
bank has an ownership relationship, or a lending or borrowing relationship with
the fund management company or securities investment company, or vice versa;
(d) The custodian bank, or a
member of the board of management or board of directors or staff of the
custodian bank directly conducts the duties of supervising the purchase and
sale of assets of a public fund or of a securities investment company.
4. Forms of additional penalty
shall be:
(a) Revocation for a thirty day
period of the right to use the certificate of registration of securities
depository operation, applicable to any breach of a provision in clause 3 of
this article;
(b) Withdrawal of the
certificate of registration of securities depository operation, if the breach
had not been remedied on expiry of the period stipulated in clause 4(a) of this
article.
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Compulsory compliance with the
law, applicable to the breaches stipulated in clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this
article.
Section 8.
BREACHES OF PROVISIONS ON DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Article 32.
Fines for an offence being a breach of the provisions on disclosure of
information
1. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to an issuing organization, a public company, a
listing organization, a securities company, a fund management company, a
securities investment company, or to the Stock Exchange or a Securities Trading
Centre which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Discloses information but
fails to provide a report to the State Securities Commission on the information
which has been disclosed;
(b) The person disclosing the
information lacks the authority required by law to make the disclosure.
2. A fine of from twenty million
to thirty million VND shall apply to an issuing organization, a public company,
a listing organization, a securities company, a fund management company, a
securities investment company, or to the Stock Exchange or a Securities Trading
Centre which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Arranges for the disclosure
of information on the media but incorrectly in terms of the provisions of law;
(b) Makes a disclosure of
information which is incomplete or out of time, or not made promptly as
required by law.
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(a) Discloses information which
contains false items, causing a serious fluctuation in market prices;
(b) Discloses confidential or
secret information or data;
(c) Deliberately delays the
disclosure of unusual information or the disclosure of information at the
request of the State Securities Commission.
4. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with the
law on disclosure of information, applicable to the breaches stipulated in
clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this article.
Section 9.
BREACHES OF PROVISIONS ON REPORTING
Article 33.
Fines for an offence being a breach of the provisions on reporting
1. A warning or a fine of from
five million to ten million VND shall apply to the Stock Exchange, a Securities
Trading Centre, a Securities Depository Centre, a public company, a listing
organization, a securities company, a fund management company, a securities
investment company or a custodian bank which commits any one of the following
breaches:
(a) Provides a report which is
incomplete in terms of the content requirements;
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(c) Provides a report not on the
correct standard form as stipulated by law.
2. A fine of from ten million to
twenty VND shall apply to the Stock Exchange, a Securities Trading Centre, a
Securities Depository Centre, a public company, a listing organization, a
securities company, a fund management company, a securities investment company
or a custodian bank which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Ceases operation without
reporting to the State Securities Commission, or having reported to the State
Securities Commission does not yet have approval from the State Securities
Commission;
(b) Fails to report or reports
outside the time-limit on the occurrence of an unusual event which seriously
affects financial capacity and ability to conduct the business operation or
provide the securities services.
3. Measures for remedying
consequences shall be:
Compulsory compliance with the
law on the reporting regime applicable to offenders who commit any breach
stipulated in clauses 1 and 2 of this article.
Section 10.
BREACHES OF PROVISIONS ON HINDERING AN INVESTIGATION
Article 34.
Fines for an offence being a breach of the provisions on hindering an
investigation
1. A warning shall apply to an
issuing organization, a listing organization, a securities company, a fund
management company, a securities investment company, a custodian bank, the
Stock Exchange, a Securities Trading Centre, a Securities Depository Centre or
any entity involved in securities and securities market activities which, at
the request of an inspection group or an inspector, hides or fails to provide
prompt and complete information, data or databases.
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3. A fine of from ten million to
twenty million VND shall apply to an issuing organization, a listing
organization, a securities company, a fund management company, a securities
investment company, a custodian bank, the Stock Exchange, a Securities Trading
Centre, a Securities Depository Centre or any entity involved in securities and
securities market activities which commits any one of the following breaches:
(a) Hides or changes source
documents, data or accounting books or changes exhibits during the course of
being investigated;
(b) Deliberately dismantles,
removes or otherwise changes objects which have been sealed such as money,
source documents, data, files, accounting books, exhibits or other sealed
facilities.
Chapter
III
AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES
FOR IMPOSING PENALTIES
Article 35.
Authority to impose penalties
1. The head of the Inspectorate
of the State Securities Commission shall have authority:
(a) To impose a warning;
(b) To impose a fine up to
seventy million VND.
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(a) To impose a warning;
(b) To impose a fine up to
seventy million VND;
(c) To impose penalties for
breaches as stipulated in articles 9.3, 9.4 and 14.2 of this Decree;
(d) To impose additional
penalties and measures in order to remedy consequences as stipulated in
articles 7.2 and 7.3 of this Decree.
Article 36.
Delegation of authority to impose penalties for administrative offences
If the person authorized to
impose penalties by article 35 of this Decree is absent, then such person shall
have authority to delegate authority to his or her deputy by providing a
written authorization. Such authorization must be implemented in accordance
with article 11 of the Ordinance on Dealing with Administrative Offences and article
14 of Decree 134 of the Government dated 14 November 2003 implementing the said
Ordinance.
Article 37.
Immediate cessation of an administrative offence
When any person authorized to
deal with an administrative offence detects such breach, he or she must
immediately issue an order for the cessation of such administrative breach.
Article 38.
Preparation of minutes of an administrative offence
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2. Minutes must be prepared with
respect to every administrative offence in the securities and securities market
sector, except in a case where a warning is given, and except in a case which
has been transferred from the criminal courts.
3. Minutes must be prepared in
two copies on the stipulated form, and they must be signed by the person
preparing the minutes, by the offender or by the representative of an offending
organization.
If there are witnesses present,
persons who suffered loss or representatives of organizations which suffered
loss, then they must also sign the minutes, and if the minutes run to more than
one page, then each page of the minutes must be signed by all the
aforementioned persons. If any person being the offender, the representative of
the offending organization, a witness, a person who suffered loss or the
representative of an organization which suffered loss refuses to sign the
minutes, then the person who prepares the minutes must record this fact into
the minutes.
4. When minutes have been
prepared, one copy must be handed to the offending entity; and if the person
preparing the minutes does not have the jurisdiction to deal with the breach,
then such person must forward the original minutes together with all relevant
data and the file to the authorized person within a time-limit of three days
from the date of preparation of the minutes.
Article 39.
Penalty decisions
1. A penalty decision must be
made on the standard form and must be made in at least five copies in the case
of a warning and at least six copies in the case of a fine.
2. A penalty decision must be
issued within a time-limit of 10 working days from the date of completion of
the minutes of administrative offence, and in a complicated case this
time-limit may be extended but not to exceed 30 days. If in a complicated case
more time is required to verify the circumstances, then the authorized person must
notify his or her superior in writing and request the extension, and any
extension granted must be granted in writing but not to exceed 30 days. At the
expiry of the above-mentioned time limit the authorized person shall not be
permitted to issue a penalty decision but shall still have authority to apply
the measures to remedy consequences stipulated in article 7.3 of this Decree.
3. Only one penalty decision
shall be issued in the case of any one offending individual or organization
committing a number of offences. In the case of a number of offending
individuals and/or organizations committing a number of breaches which are
similar but there is no relationship between the offenders, then a separate
penalty decision shall be issued in respect of each offender. Depending on the
nature and seriousness of the breach by each offender, the authorized person
shall decide the appropriate level of penalty.
If a case exceeds the
jurisdiction of an authorized person, then such authorized person must transfer
the file to the higher level.
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5. A penalty decision shall take
effect from the date of its signing, unless the substance of the penalty
decision stipulates otherwise.
6. A penalty decision must be
sent to the offender and to the body collecting fines within a time-limit of
three working days from the date of issuance of the decision.
Article 40.
Procedures regarding fines
1. Imposition of fines must be
correctly implemented in accordance with the procedures stipulated in articles
38 and 39 of this Decree. An offender must pay the fine stipulated in the
penalty decision within a time-limit of 10 working days from the date the
penalty decision is sent to such offender, and the payment must be made to the
State Treasury and the offender shall receive a receipt for payment of the
fine.
2. A specific fine shall be the
average of the levels of fine within the framework stipulated for such offence,
and if there are mitigating circumstances then the fine should be reduced but
not below the minimum level of the framework, and if there are aggravating
circumstances then the fine should be increased but not above the maximum level
within such framework.
Article 41.
Procedures for depriving offenders of the right to use their licences or
securities business practising certificates
1. The Chairman of the State Securities
Commission shall have authority to issue decisions revoking the right to use
licences and practising certificates as stipulated in article 7.2(c) of this
Decree. Any decision which revokes the right to use a licence or practising
certificate must specify the name, type and number of the licence or
certificate; and the period for which the right to use the licence or
certificate is revoked. If a decision is issued suspending only one type of
professional operation, then the authorized person must specify in the penalty
decision the type of professional operation which is suspended and the duration
of the suspension.
2. If the authorized person
discovers that a licence was not issued correctly in accordance with authority
or contains contents contrary to law, then the authorized person must
immediately revoke the licence and at the same time notify the licence-issuing
body.
Article 42.
Procedures for confiscation of the number of securities used to commit a
breach and income derived from the breach
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Article 43.
Procedures for suspension or rescission of a public offers of securities
In the case of application of
the additional penalty of suspension for a limited period or rescission of a
public offer of securities, the authorized person must specify such details in
the penalty decision, and implement procedures in accordance with articles 22
and 23 of the Law on Securities.
Article 44.
Compulsory enforcement of penalty decisions
1. If an offender files to
voluntarily comply with a penalty decision, then the following compulsory
enforcement methods shall apply:
(a) Deduction of a part of
salary or a part of income, or deduction from a bank account;
(b) Seizure of assets with a
value equal to the amount of the fine in order to auction the assets;
(c) Application of other
compulsory enforcement methods to confiscate exhibits and means used to commit
the breach, or compulsory return of the original status quo.
2. The person authorized to
impose penalties by article 35 of this Decree shall issue a decision on
compulsory enforcement and shall organize implementation of the compulsory
enforcement method.
3. An offender must strictly
comply with a decision on compulsory enforcement.
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5. The offender shall bear the
costs of compulsory enforcement of an administrative penalty.
Chapter IV
SUPERVISION AND
INSPECTION OF DEALING WITH ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENCES; RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS
AND DENUNCIATIONS; AND DEALING WITH BREACHES BY PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE
PENALTIES IN THE SECURITIES AND SECURITIES MARKET SECTOR
Article 45.
Supervision and inspection of dealing with administrative offences
The Minister of Finance shall be
responsible for regular supervision of imposition of penalties for
administrative offences in the securities and securities market sector; for
resolution of complaints, and for dealing with denunciations of persons
authorized to impose penalties by article 35 of this Decree; and for
implementing the reporting regime on the status of administrative offences in
the securities and securities market sector.
Article 46.
Resolution of complaints, institution of proceedings regarding
administrative penalty decisions, and denunciations of illegal acts by persons authorized
to impose penalties
1. Any offender subject to a
penalty for an administrative offence in the securities and securities market
sector shall have the right to lodge a complaint; and the competent State body
shall be responsible for resolving such complaint in accordance with the law on
complaints and denunciations.
Institution of legal proceedings
before the people's court in respect of a penalty for an administrative offence
in the securities and securities market sector shall be implemented in accordance
with the law on resolving administrative cases.
An offender must comply with the
penalty decision on the administrative offence in the securities and securities
market sector pending a decision resolving the complaint or pending a decision
by the people's court.
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Chapter V
IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS
Article 47.
Effectiveness
This Decree shall be of full
force and effect fifteen (15) days after the date of its publication in the
Official Gazette and shall replace previous provisions on penalties for administrative
offences in the securities and securities market sector.
Article 48.
Responsibility to provide guidelines
The Ministry of Finance shall
provide guidelines for implementation of this Decree.
Ministers, ministerial
equivalent bodies, heads of Government bodies and chairmen of peoples
committees of provinces and cities under central authority shall be responsible
for implementation of this Decree.
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