Criminal Law: Article 171 Crime of selling, buying and transporting counterfeit money Whoever sells, buys counterfeit money or transports it knowing that it is counterfeit money, 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 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.
Financial workers are guilty of buying counterfeit money and changing it into money. Employees of banks or other financial institutions who buy counterfeit money or take advantage of their positions to convert counterfeit money into money shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years 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 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan, or his property shall be confiscated; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan.
Article 172 Whoever commits the crime of possessing or using counterfeit money, 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 the amount is especially huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan or confiscated property.
Article 173 Whoever commits the crime of altering currency, with a relatively large amount, 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.