Article 2.- Sanctioning principles
1. When committing acts of violation defined in Chapter II of this Decree, individuals or organizations shall be administratively sanctioned in the domain of industrial property.
2. When detected, all administrative violations must be stopped immediately. The sanctioning of administrative violations must be conducted quickly, fairly and thoroughly; all consequences of administrative violations must be remedied in accordance with the provisions of law.
3. Administrative violations in the domain of industrial property shall be sanctioned by competent persons defined in Article 18 of this Decree in strict accordance with the provisions of law on sanctioning of administrative violations.
4. A violation shall be sanctioned only once; a person who commits more than one violation shall be sanctioned for each violation; many persons who jointly commit the same violation shall each be sanctioned.
5. The sanctioning of administrative violations shall be based on the nature and severity of violations, the personal records of violators as well as extenuating and aggravating circumstances so that appropriate sanctioning forms, levels and handling measures can be decided according to the provisions of this Decree.
6. Sanctions shall not be imposed on administrative violations committed in case of emergency,
unexpected incidents or by individuals suffering from mental diseases or other diseases which deprive them of their ability to conceive of or control their acts.
7. When an individual or organization simultaneously commits more than one violation, including industrial property violations, the sanctioning competence shall be determined on the principle specified in Clause 3, Article 42 of the Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations.
8. When it is considered that a violation shows signs of a crime, the competent person defined in Article 18 of this Decree shall transfer the case dossier to the criminal procedure-conducting agencies of the same level for handling.
It is prohibited to administratively sanction acts showing signs of crimes in the domain of industrial property.