Article 274 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)?
The crime of extortion refers to the act of extorting public or private property by threatening or coercing the victim for the purpose of illegal possession.
Whoever extorts a large amount of public or private property or repeatedly extorts it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; 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; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years and fined.
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The Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Extortion also pointed out that:
Article 4? Extortion of public or private property belongs to one of the circumstances specified in Item (3) to Item (7) of Article 2 of this Interpretation, and the amount reaches 80% of the "huge amount" and "extremely huge amount" specified in Article 1 of this Interpretation, which can be respectively identified as "other serious circumstances" and "other particularly serious circumstances" specified in Article 274 of the Criminal Law.
Article 5? If the amount of extortion is relatively large, and the perpetrator pleads guilty, repents, returns stolen goods or makes restitution under any of the following circumstances, it can be determined that the circumstances of the crime are minor, and the relevant departments shall not prosecute or be exempted from criminal punishment according to law:
Having a statutory lenient punishment;
(two) did not participate in the distribution of stolen goods or less stolen goods and not the principal;
(3) the victim understands;
(4) Other circumstances are minor and harmless.
Xishuangbanna Public Security Bureau Network-People's Republic of China (PRC) and China Criminal Law
Explanations of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Extortion.