Improvement of the mechanism of administrative liability for violations of military accounting: proposals for legislative changes
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35774/app2025.02.172Keywords:
administrative responsibility, military accounting, legislative changes, administrative sanctions, law enforcement practice, military conscripts, administrative offenses, digitalization of military accounting, prevention of offenses, procedures for bringing to justice, interagency cooperation, national security, administrative coercion, legal regulation, modernizationAbstract
The article is devoted to the study of the current problems of improving the mechanism of administrative liability for violations of military accounting rules in the context of modern challenges of national security. The theoretical and practical aspects of the application of administrative sanctions in the military accounting sphere are considered, the shortcomings of the current legislation are analyzed and the main directions of its modernization are identified. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of law enforcement practice and the development of conceptual approaches to optimizing the system of administrative coercion in the field of military accounting.
The structural elements of the mechanism of administrative liability for violations of military accounting legislation are studied, including the regulatory framework, law enforcement entities, procedures for bringing to justice and the system of administrative sanctions. The problems of differentiating the responsibility of different categories of military personnel, the features of the application of administrative penalties in the conditions of a special period and wartime are analyzed. The issues of the ratio of administrative and criminal liability for offenses in the field of military accounting are considered.
The shortcomings of the current mechanism of administrative liability are studied in detail, including gaps in legal regulation, conflicts between various regulatory acts, insufficient effectiveness of the sanctions applied, and complexities in the procedures for proving offenses. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the impact of the digitalization of the military accounting system on the transformation of traditional approaches to administrative liability and the need to adapt legal mechanisms to modern technological realities.
Specific proposals are formulated to improve the legislative framework for administrative liability in the military accounting sector, including amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses, special laws on military accounting and subordinate regulations. The need to introduce new categories of administrative offenses, adjust the size of administrative fines and expand the list of alternative measures of administrative influence is substantiated. Mechanisms are proposed to increase the effectiveness of prevention of offenses in this area.
Recommendations are developed to optimize the procedural aspects of bringing to administrative liability for violations of military accounting, including improving the procedure for drawing up protocols, considering cases and enforcing administrative penalties. Measures are proposed to improve coordination between various state bodies involved in the process of bringing to liability, and to improve the skills of officials authorized to consider cases of this category.
The concept of a comprehensive approach to reforming the mechanism of administrative responsibility in the military accounting sphere is substantiated, which involves not only changes in substantive and procedural law, but also the creation of an effective system for monitoring law enforcement, the introduction of modern information technologies and the development of international cooperation in this area. Proposals are formulated regarding the phasing of the implementation of the proposed changes and the assessment of their effectiveness through a system of qualitative and quantitative indicators.
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