1. The application for settlement shall be made in writing and signed by the Offender or the Offender's representative, whether submitted in hard copy or electronically, in accordance with the mechanism determined by the Ministry or the Competent Authority, as the case may be. 2. The settlement record and all documents relating thereto shall be maintained in a file with the Ministry or the Competent Authority, as the case may be. The Supreme Committee shall be notified of such procedures, and the Offender may be provided with a copy of the settlement record upon request. 3. No settlement may be concluded where a fine has previously been imposed on the Offender under the Decree by Law during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of the violation in respect of which settlement is sought. 4. The violation must have resulted from error or negligence and must not have been committed in bad faith or intentionally. 5. The Offender shall remedy the causes of the violation in accordance with the provisions of the Decree by Law, this Resolution, and the resolutions issued in implementation thereof, pursuant to the mechanism determined by the Ministry or the Competent Authority, as the case may be. 6. The settlement amount shall be deposited into the treasury of the Ministry or the Competent Authority, as the case may be, prior to the approval of the settlement. 7. Settlement shall not exempt the person who caused the violation from civil liability for any damage suffered by the injured party where such damage arises from the act forming the subject of the settlement.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.