2. Whoever seeks illegitimate interests by bribery, if the circumstances are serious or cause heavy losses to the national interests, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined;
3. If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
The form of bribery mainly refers to buying someone by giving him a reward (such as money, property, benefits or convenience). The obvious feature of bribery is that it is based on the direct property or other privileges of the person who gives or receives the bribe, or the illegal interests that are obtained with the consent of others but not required by law. The two most obvious characteristics of bribery are concealment and preciousness of transaction.
In order to seek illegitimate interests, giving a large amount of property to non-state staff has constituted the crime of bribing non-state staff. If it is a first-time offender, he can truthfully confess the crime in court and show repentance, and he can be given a lighter punishment as appropriate.
Legal basis: According to Article 385 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), a state functionary who takes advantage of his position to ask for other people's property, or illegally accepts other people's property to seek benefits for others, is guilty of accepting bribes. State functionaries who, in violation of state regulations, accept kickbacks and handling fees in various names in economic exchanges and own them personally shall be punished as bribery.