Punishment provisions for the crime of corruption. Those who commit the crime of corruption shall be punished according to the following provisions according to the seriousness of the case:
(1) If the amount of corruption is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined.
(2) Anyone who embezzles a huge amount or has other serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined or have property confiscated.
(3) If the amount of corruption is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment and shall also be fined or his property shall be confiscated; if the amount is particularly huge and the interests of the country and the people are harmed, Those who suffer particularly heavy losses shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death, and their property shall be confiscated.
Those who have committed multiple corruption cases without dealing with them will be punished according to the cumulative amount of corruption.
Anyone who commits the crime in Paragraph 1 must truthfully confess his crime before filing a public prosecution, sincerely repent, actively return the stolen goods, and avoid or reduce the occurrence of damaging consequences. If there are circumstances specified in Paragraph 1, he may be given a lighter sentence or mitigated. Or be exempted from punishment; if there are circumstances specified in Items 2 and 3, a lighter punishment may be imposed.
For those who commit a crime in Paragraph 1 and are sentenced to death with a suspended execution under the circumstances specified in Paragraph 3, the People's Court may, based on the circumstances of the crime and other circumstances, decide at the same time to commute the death penalty to life imprisonment upon expiration of the two-year suspended sentence. After that, he will be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of commutation or parole.