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Article 176 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever illegally absorbs public deposits or absorbs public deposits in disguised form, thus disrupting the financial order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan.
If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 177 Whoever forges or alters financial bills under any of the following circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan; 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 not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan or confiscated property:
(1) Forging or altering bills of exchange, promissory notes and cheques; (2) Forging or altering other bank settlement vouchers such as entrusted collection vouchers, remittance vouchers and bank deposit vouchers; (3) Forging or altering letters of credit or accompanying documents and documents; (4) Forged credit cards.
If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 178 Whoever forges or alters treasury bills or other securities issued by the state, if the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan; If the amount is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan; If the amount is especially huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan, or his property shall be confiscated.
Whoever forges or alters stocks or bonds of companies or enterprises, if the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan; If the amount is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan.
If a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.
Article 179 Whoever issues stocks or company or enterprise bonds without the approval of the relevant competent department of the state, if the amount is huge, the consequences are serious or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than 1% but not more than 5% of the amount of illegal fund-raising.
Where a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention.