Arson, which has not caused serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; Whoever causes serious injury or death to others or heavy losses to public or private property shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death. If the damage is extremely serious, he shall be sentenced to death or life imprisonment.
According to the provisions of article 1 14 and the first paragraph of article 1 15 of the Criminal Law, those who intentionally set fire to a place that is enough to endanger public safety shall be put on file for investigation. On May 9, 20001year, the State Forestry Administration and the Ministry of Public Security promulgated and implemented the Standards for Jurisdiction and Filing of Criminal Cases of Forests and Terrestrial Wild Animals, which stipulated that anyone who intentionally set fire to forests or other trees should file a case.
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Punishment standards related to arson:
1, arson, water bursting, explosion, throwing toxic, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens and other substances that endanger public safety, but have not caused serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
2. Whoever sets fire, breaks water, explodes, releases toxic, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens and other substances, or causes serious injuries, deaths or heavy losses to public or private property by other dangerous means, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death. If the damage is extremely serious, he shall be sentenced to death or life imprisonment.
3, for intentional homicide, rape, arson, explosion, poisoning, robbery and other criminals who seriously undermine social order, can be deprived of political rights.
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