New fines are being proposed for violations of legislation on public services and forensic examination.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that amendments to the Criminal and Administrative Offenses Codes have been proposed.
The draft amendments were discussed at a meeting of parliament’s Committee on Legal Policy and State Building today.
Under the document, officials would be fined 250 to 350 manats for failing to notify service users electronically about improvements made to information resources and systems used to provide public services.
Officials would face fines of 350 to 450 manats for failing to inform service users about the procedures for receiving public services.
Officials would be fined 450 to 550 manats for failing to provide the option of paying state duties and/or service fees electronically when an electronic service is provided.
Under the document, officials would face fines of 550 to 650 manats for failing, in accordance with the procedure established by law, to provide an administrative act, technical document or other document establishing legal rights in response to service users’ requests, or to provide necessary information through an information service.
Officials would also be fined 650 to 750 manats for failing to inform service users of the legal grounds for refusing or suspending a public service, as well as their right to appeal.
Officials would face fines of 750 to 850 manats for failing to ensure that people with disabilities can access public services or, where stipulated by regulations, for failing to provide them with mobile services.
Under the draft, officials would be fined 850 to 950 manats for providing a public service without first entering information about it in the State Services Electronic Register.
In addition, officials would face fines of 950 to 1,000 manats for failing to provide public services in accordance with the requirements of the regulations governing them, or to inform service users of the outcome.
The draft law also sets out fines for violations of legislation on forensic examination.
Under the document, a person not listed in the Register of Forensic Experts who engages in forensic examination, including using the term “forensic expert” in relation to themselves or the words “forensic examination” in the name of their organization, would be fined 2,000 manats if an individual, or 3,000 manats if an official, under the Law on Forensic Examination.
For exerting influence on a forensic expert in any form or obstructing the expert during an examination, individuals would be fined 300 manats, officials 600 manats and legal entities 900 manats.
For failing to provide a forensic examination institution with reference samples and technical information needed to conduct an examination, when requested by its head, individuals would be fined 1,000 manats, officials 2,000 manats and legal entities 3,000 manats. The requirement applies to institutions, organizations and enterprises regardless of their ownership structure.
A note in the draft states that these penalties would apply only when the actions do not entail criminal liability under the relevant article of the Criminal Code.
