THE GOVERNMENTDECREENo.159Z2007/ND-CPOFOCTOBER30, 2007, ON SANCTIONING ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS INTHE DOMAIN OF FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST PROTECTION AND FOREST PRODUCTMANAGEMENTTHEGOVERNMENTPursuant io rhe December25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;Pursuant to theDecember3, 2004 Law on Forest Protection and Development;Pursuant to July 2t2002 Ordinance No. 44/2002/ PL-UBTVQH10 on the Handling of Administrative Violations;At the proposal qftheMinister of Agriculture and Rural Development,DECREES:Chapter IGENERALPROVISIONSArticle L- Scope of regulation and subjects of application1. Scope of regulationThis Decree provides for the sanctioning ofadministrative violations in the domain of forest management, forest protectionand forest product management in the territory of the Socialist Republic ofVietnam.This Decree does not applyto timber and other forest products lawfully imported into Vietnam (includinglawfully imported timber lots with volume or quantitative differences u...