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Fines to soar over illegal ads
Created: 2008-10-24
Author:Fei Lai
GRAFFITI and unauthorized advertisements may soon bring fines up to 100,000 yuan (US$14,628), according to a revised draft of the city's public sanitation regulations.
The proposed rules, which came out of a session of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai People's Congress yesterday, aim to enhance punishment for those who deface public property and spaces, and ensure an uncluttered cityscape during the 2010 World Expo.
Under the new rules, city government would track down agencies that hire migrant workers to put up unauthorized advertisements. At present, workers are fined 50 yuan if they are caught putting up illegal posters or writing ad notices on walls.
The regulations would also require that agencies which carry out such contracts would be slapped with heavy fines ranging between 10,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan.
The penalty for putting up large illegal outdoor ads could also be raised to maximum 100,000 yuan. Present regulations put the fine at 3,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan.
The draft also proposed stricter supervision of landscape lighting. The standing committee is now studying the proposals and will prepare amendments to the draft.
The proposed rules, which came out of a session of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai People's Congress yesterday, aim to enhance punishment for those who deface public property and spaces, and ensure an uncluttered cityscape during the 2010 World Expo.
Under the new rules, city government would track down agencies that hire migrant workers to put up unauthorized advertisements. At present, workers are fined 50 yuan if they are caught putting up illegal posters or writing ad notices on walls.
The regulations would also require that agencies which carry out such contracts would be slapped with heavy fines ranging between 10,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan.
The penalty for putting up large illegal outdoor ads could also be raised to maximum 100,000 yuan. Present regulations put the fine at 3,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan.
The draft also proposed stricter supervision of landscape lighting. The standing committee is now studying the proposals and will prepare amendments to the draft.
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