试论新《海上交通安全法》第九十八条适用中的几个问题——以一起查处以欺骗手段取得海事行政许可案为例

On Several Issues in the Application of Article 98 of the New Maritime Traffic Safety Law——Taking a Case of Obtaining Maritime Administrative License by Deception as an Example

2021年12月,北海海事局依法对船员陈某以欺骗手段取得船员适任证书一案进行了调查处理。由于该案的违法行为发生时间、海事管理机构调查时间横跨《中华人民共和国海上交通安全法》修订前后,执法人员在办案中对该案所涉违法行为持续状态的认定、“从旧兼从轻”原则的适用以及具体法律适用原则等问题进行了研究,并最终依法作出了处理。

In December of 2021, Beihai Maritime Safety Administration investigated into a case involving fraud in the application of seafarers’ competency certificate. Since the case happened before the revision of Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China and the investigation started after the revision of the law, the law-enforcement officers studied the continuity status of the illegal practice in the case, the principle of application of the old law except for lighter punishment in the new law, and the specific law application, based on which the punishment was finally decided.