Article 19.- Principles for determination of sanctioning competence
1. Presidents of provincial-level People’s Committees or district-level People’s Committees are competent to sanction administrative violations in the domain of industrial property in their respective localities.
2. Chief inspectors and science and technology specialized inspectors of the Ministry of Science and Technology or provincial/municipal Services of Science and Technology are competent to sanction administrative violations in the domain of industrial property, which fall within the scope of state management of the Ministry or Services respectively.
When violations fall beyond the sanctioning competence of the chief inspectors of provincial/municipal Services of Science and Technology, violation dossiers shall be transferred to presidents of provincial-level People’s Committees for administrative sanctioning according to their competence.