Anti Corruption Law ( Amended )
反腐败法（修订版）
ກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍ ການຕ້ານການສໍ້ລາດບັງຫຼວງ (ສະບັບປັບປຸງ)
Summary
This Law stipulates the fundamental principles and measures for anti-corruption work, aiming to prevent and combat corrupt practices. Its scope of application covers state agencies and relevant personnel, explicitly prohibiting illegal activities such as embezzlement and bribery, and establishing oversight and accountability mechanisms to promote clean governance and the protection of public interests.
Articles
Article 1
Article 1 (Amended) Purpose
This Law stipulates principles, regulations, and measures concerning anti-corruption to prevent state property, collective property, and the legitimate rights and interests of citizens from being damaged by corruption, and to bring offenders to justice while protecting the innocent, aiming to ensure that state agencies are clean, strong, and subject to supervision at all times, contributing to maintaining political stability, achieving economic growth and stability, and ensuring social peace, order, and justice.
Article 2
Article 2 (Amended) Anti-Corruption
Anti-corruption means the eradication and elimination of all acts constituting corruption through prevention, inspection, investigation-examination, application of legal measures, and execution of court judgments.
Article 3
Article 3 (Amended) Interpretation of Terms
The terms used in this Law shall have the following meanings:
1. Personnel: refers to state personnel, enterprise personnel, foreign personnel, and international organization personnel;
2. State personnel: refers to leaders, managers, civil servants, military personnel, police officers, personnel of state enterprises, personnel of mixed-ownership enterprises, state-invested personnel, technical cadres, personnel engaged in production and business organizations established by the state, and any person entrusted with official authority or duties;
3. Enterprise personnel: refers to personnel of domestic and foreign private enterprises operating in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic;
4. Foreign personnel: refers to state personnel of a foreign country appointed and dispatched to work in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic;
5. International organization personnel: refers to personnel appointed or approved by an international organization to represent that organization and work in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic;
6. Other persons under one’s management: refers to spouses, children, siblings, relatives, and other persons;
7. Money laundering related to corruption: refers to the transformation or alteration, in whole or in part, of property obtained directly or indirectly through corruption into legitimate property, or the participation in investment or shareholding;
8. Legal measures: refer to educational training, disciplinary sanctions, fines, civil damages, or criminal penalties;
9. Person entrusted with any official authority or duties: refers to village heads, deputy village heads, persons responsible for village duties, merchants or operators, and other persons entrusted by the state to carry out various organizational tasks;
10. Person under investigation – examination: refers to individuals, persons, legal entities, or organizations involved in corruption cases, such as suspects, accused persons, defendants, and others.
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