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Offense
A legal violation is a generic concept meaning any act that violates any legal norms and constitutes a legal fact providing for an unlawful culpable act committed intentionally or negligently. For a legal violation, the law provides accordingly civil, administrative, disciplinary, and criminal liability.
Source: of FOMS dated August 5, 1999 No. 4036/20-1/i "On Federal Law dated May 1, 1999 No. 91-FZ"