Article 151
Whoever smuggles weapons, ammunition, nuclear materials or counterfeit currency shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine or confiscation of property. If the circumstances are relatively minor, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three
years and not more than seven years, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine.
Whoever smuggles cultural relics, gold, silver or other precious metals forbidden by the state from being exported, or precious and rare species of wildlife forbidden by the state from being imported and exported as well as the products thereof, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine. If the circumstances are relatively minor, the offender shall be sentenced to
fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine.
Whoever smuggles precious and rare species of plants forbidden by the state from being imported and exported and the products thereof shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, and concurrently or independently be sentenced to a fine. If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine.
Whoever commits any crime mentioned in the first and second paragraphs, if the circumstances are especially serious, shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death, and concurrently be sentenced to confiscation of property.
If a unit commits any crime mentioned in this Article, the unit shall be sentenced to a fine, and persons directly in charge and other persons directly responsible for the crime shall be punished according to the provisions of the relevant paragraph of this Article.
