Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Punishing the Crimes of Production and Sale of Fake or Substandard Commodities
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Punishing the Crimes of Production and Sale of Fake or Substandard Commodities
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Punishing the Crimes of Production and Sale of Fake or Substandard Commodities
Order of the President No.7
July 2, 1993
(Adopted by the Second Session of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on July 2, 1993, promulgated by Order No. 7 of the President of the People's Republic of China on July 2, 1993 and effective on September 1, 1993)
President of the People's Republic of Chinan Jiang Zemin
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Punishing the Crimes of Production and Sale of Fake or Substandard Commodities
(Adopted at the Second Session of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on July 2, 1993)
For the purposes of punishing the crimes of production and sale of fake or substandard commodities, safeguarding human health and the safety of person and property, protecting the lawful rights and interests of users and consumers, and maintaining the socio-economic order, the following provisions are made to supplement the Criminal Law:
I. Where a producer or seller mixes impurities or imitations into a product, or passes a fake product off as a genuine one, or passes a defective product off as a high-quality one, or passes a substandard product off as a standard one, if the unlawful earnings obtained therefrom amount to exceed CNY20,000 but not exceed CNY100,000, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment not exceeding two years or criminal detention and may concurrently be punished with a fine; or may be punished with an administrative penalty if the circumstances are relatively minor; if the unlawful earnings amount to more than CNY100,000 but not exceeding CNY300,000, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment exceeding two years but not exceeding seven years with a concurrent punishment of fine; if the unlawful earnings amount to more than CNY300,000 but less than CNY1 million, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment not less than seven years with a concurrent punishment of fine or confiscation of property; and if the unlawful earnings amount to more than CNY1 million, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of fifteen years or life imprisonment with a concurrent punishment of confiscation of property.
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