Article 1 Whoever embezzles or accepts bribes in an amount of not less than 30,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan shall be deemed as a "relatively large amount" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 383 of the Criminal Law, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined.
If the amount of corruption is more than 10,000 yuan but less than 30,000 yuan, under any of the following circumstances, it shall be deemed as "other serious circumstances" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 383 of the Criminal Law, and it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and fined.
Article 383rd of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that 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 huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also be fined.
2. If the amount of corruption 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 or confiscated.
3. If the amount of corruption is especially huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated; If the amount is especially huge and the interests of the state and the people suffer particularly heavy losses, they shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death, and their property shall be confiscated.
Extended data:
If the amount of corruption and bribery is especially huge, the circumstances of the crime are particularly serious, and the social impact is particularly bad, causing particularly heavy losses to the interests of the state and the people, the death penalty can be imposed.
In accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, but have surrendered, rendered meritorious service, truthfully confessed their crimes, sincerely repented, actively returned stolen goods, or avoided or reduced the occurrence of damage results. If immediate execution is not required, the death penalty may be suspended for two years.
Those who meet the requirements of the first paragraph may be sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution according to the circumstances of the crime. After the expiration of the two-year suspension of execution, the referee shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without commutation or parole.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Interpretation of Several Issues on Applicable Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Corruption and Bribery
References:
China People's Congress Network-People's Republic of China (PRC) and China Criminal Law