Administrative offenders in Armenia may be granted 50% discount
10.09.2018,
15:43
The Armenian parliament is discussing a set of changes to the Code of Administrative Offenses, which would allow citizens, who commit administrative offenses, to pay the half of the imposed fine if they pay it in due time.
YEREVAN, September 10. /ARKA/. The Armenian parliament is discussing a set of changes to the Code of Administrative Offenses, which would allow citizens, who commit administrative offenses, to pay the half of the imposed fine if they pay it in due time.
An MP Mihran Poghosyan, who proposed the changes, told his fellow lawmakers that the changes if approved would ease the social burden and simplify procedures for payment of fines for administrative offences. He said if the fine is paid within the 8-day period as stipulated by the draft law, it will be halved.
He added that the proposed changes will not apply to citizens who commit offenses with serious consequences, such as driving in a state of intoxication, violations in the manufacturing of baby food and the use of medicines.
According to him, as a rule, most fines are not paid in due time, making government bodies take the cases to courts, which in turn send them to the Enforcement Service for further action.
Poghosyan said it is necessary to make citizens understand that they would benefit from the timely payment of administrative fines, which would also reduce the burden on courts and the Enforcement Service.
On July 12, the Armenian parliament approved a draft law providing for amnesty for a number of fines for violation of traffic rules. As a result, about 150 thousand Armenian drivers were forgiven fines for breach of traffic rules worth 13.7 billion drams ($28.4 million). --0-
An MP Mihran Poghosyan, who proposed the changes, told his fellow lawmakers that the changes if approved would ease the social burden and simplify procedures for payment of fines for administrative offences. He said if the fine is paid within the 8-day period as stipulated by the draft law, it will be halved.
He added that the proposed changes will not apply to citizens who commit offenses with serious consequences, such as driving in a state of intoxication, violations in the manufacturing of baby food and the use of medicines.
According to him, as a rule, most fines are not paid in due time, making government bodies take the cases to courts, which in turn send them to the Enforcement Service for further action.
Poghosyan said it is necessary to make citizens understand that they would benefit from the timely payment of administrative fines, which would also reduce the burden on courts and the Enforcement Service.
On July 12, the Armenian parliament approved a draft law providing for amnesty for a number of fines for violation of traffic rules. As a result, about 150 thousand Armenian drivers were forgiven fines for breach of traffic rules worth 13.7 billion drams ($28.4 million). --0-
