And Article 2 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Criminal Cases of Destruction of Grassland Resources, those who illegally occupy grasslands and change the use of the occupied grasslands by more than 20 mu, or who are subject to administrative punishment for illegally occupying grasslands and change the use of the occupied grasslands by more than 10 mu within three years shall be deemed as "a large number" as stipulated in Article 342 of the Criminal Law.
Illegal occupation of grasslands, change the use of occupied grasslands, a large number, one of the following circumstances, it should be recognized as "causing a large number of destruction of cultivated land, forest land and other agricultural land" as stipulated in Article 342nd of the Criminal Law:
(1) Reclaiming grasslands to plant grain, cash crops and trees;
(2) Building kilns, building houses, building roads, dredging sand, quarrying, mining, borrowing soil and stripping turf on grasslands;
(3) stacking or discharging wastes on the grassland, causing serious damage or pollution to the original vegetation of the grassland;
(four) in violation of the planning of grassland protection, construction and utilization, planting pasture and feed crops, resulting in grassland desertification or serious soil erosion;
(five) other circumstances that cause serious damage to the grassland.
Illegal reclamation of unused land and grassland reaches the standard of criminal filing, that is, 5 mu or 10 mu.
Article 342 of the Criminal Law, whoever, in violation of the provisions on land management, illegally occupies cultivated land and uses it for other purposes, thus causing extensive damage to cultivated land, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined.
According to. Article 66 of the Grassland Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates: "If illegal reclamation of grasslands constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law; The NPC Standing Committee's interpretation of Articles 228, 342 and 410 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) constitutes the crime of illegal occupation of agricultural land. The Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in the Trial of Criminal Cases of Destruction of Land Resources stipulates that "a large number" of illegal occupation of agricultural land refers to illegal occupation of more than 5 mu of basic farmland or illegal occupation of cultivated land, forest land and other agricultural land other than basic farmland 10 mu. Illegal occupation of grasslands can be identified with reference to this standard.