Trade Inspection Decree
贸易检查法令
ດຳລັດ ວ່າດ້ວຍການກວດກາການຄ້າ
Summary
This Decree provides principles, regulations, and measures for trade inspection, aiming to prevent and suppress violations of trade management regulations, unregistered business operations, and illegal trade in goods, protecting the rights of legitimate operators and consumers, consisting of 7 chapters and 34 articles covering the scope, forms, procedures, evidence preservation, investigation, rights and duties of inspection agencies and personnel, budget and treatment, and penalties for violations.
Articles
Article 1
Purpose. This Decree-Law stipulates the principles, regulations, and measures concerning the organization and implementation of trade inspection work, in order to establish and cultivate awareness of compliance with regulations, while curbing acts of violating trade management regulations, operating without business registration, and trading in illegal goods, aiming to promote and protect lawful industrial and commercial activities that comply with regulations and are consistent with the market economic mechanism under state regulation, promote commodity production, and participate in the management of goods and prices as well as the protection of consumer rights and interests.
Article 2
Trade Inspection. Trade inspection refers to activities conducted to oppose and suppress violations of laws and regulations on trade management, unregistered business operations, and illegal trade in goods.
Article 3
Interpretation of terms. The following terms used in this Ordinance shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:
— Trade: refers to the purchase, sale, exchange, and circulation of goods;
— Goods: refers to articles produced or held for sale, including documents evidencing rights to such articles;
— Violation of trade management regulations: refers to violations of regulations concerning the circulation of goods, goods management, pricing, markets, market monopolies, and hoarding of goods;
— Illegal trade in goods: refers to trade in goods that is not prohibited by the State but is not conducted in compliance with legal regulations;
— Seizure of goods: refers to the temporary storage of goods in a specially designated place, placed under the control and custody of an authorized person or department, pending the outcome of the case;
— Confiscation of goods: refers to the prohibition of the purchase, sale, transfer, or disposal of goods that are inconvenient to transport, with such goods being kept at the premises of the inspected person, pending the outcome of the case;
— Forfeiture of goods: refers to the transfer of all or part of the goods owned by the violator to the State, based on a court judgment.
Article 4. Scope of application of this Ordinance
This Ordinance shall apply to individuals, legal entities, and organizations operating within the Lao PDR in relation to trade activities, including officials and staff responsible for trade inspection.
Part 2 Implementation of trade inspection
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