Disobedience to a lawful demand

In accordance with the Regulation on the State Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora under the President of the Republic of Belarus, approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 269 of 15.07.2019.

Officials of the State Inspectorate, within their competence and in compliance with the requirements established by law, are entitled to:

inspect territories, premises and other possible places of storage of tools and means for obtaining natural resources, as well as the natural resources themselves and relevant documents;

use technical means, including equipment for sound and video recording, photography, xerocopying, document scanning devices, hidden image identifiers;

verify identity documents and documents confirming authority from representatives of the audited entity;

verify documents for the right to use objects of fauna and flora, lands, forest fund, to carry out fishing and hunting, to conduct fishing and hunting management, to carry out activities for the reproduction and protection of the forest fund, as well as identity documents of citizens, if there is data indicating that they have committed crimes or administrative offenses;

during control measures, stop vehicles and floating means, vessels, inspect belongings, vehicles and floating means, vessels, tools and means used to affect natural resources, and other items, as well as conduct personal searches of citizens;

request and receive, in accordance with the legislation, written and oral explanations from employees of state bodies, other legal entities, and other citizens within the established timeframe, as well as necessary documents (their copies), including in electronic form, and other information on issues arising during control measures or necessary for their implementation;

carry out the placement, including short-term, of movable property (vessels, vehicles, etc.) within the boundaries of water protection zones or coastal strips without formalizing title documents and permits for land plots.

(territories) within which control activities are carried out;

to seize tools and means used to affect natural resources, transport and floating means, vessels, natural resources, items that bear traces of crimes or administrative offences, as well as relevant documents, to demand immediate surrender (laying down) of weapons;

to deliver persons who have committed administrative offences, for whom protocols are drawn up by authorised officials of the State Inspectorate, to internal affairs bodies for identification;

to seek clarification from employees of state bodies, other legal entities on issues that arise;

during field activities, to freely visit at any time of day the facilities of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs upon presentation of an official ID, and facilities with restricted access in accordance with legislation, upon presentation of other documents stipulated by legislation for access to these facilities;

to temporarily restrict or prohibit the movement of citizens, as well as their access to certain areas of land and facilities, to oblige them to leave a specific place for carrying out procedural actions, ensuring the preservation of evidence or document verification;

Officials of the State Inspectorate, while performing their official duties, are representatives of state power and are under state protection.

Any impact in any form on the said officials, hindering the performance of their official duties, or interference in their activities is prohibited.

Responsibility for disobedience to a lawful order or demand of an official of a state body while performing their official powers by a person not subordinate to them in service, in accordance with Article 24.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus, entails the imposition of a fine ranging from two to one hundred base units, or community service, or administrative arrest.