Database of Legislation

Counterfeiting

  • Offences

      • • Counterfeiting of currency
Cybercrime

  • Acts against the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of Computer, Data and Systems

      • • Illegal access to a computer system
      • Illegal data/ system interference

  • Computer-related acts for personal or financial gain

      • • Copyright/ trademark violations
      • Fraud

  • Other Offences

      • • Theft
      • Embezzlement
      • Misappropriation of public money
      • Stealing state secrets
Drug offences
    Money laundering

    • Offences

        • • Conversion/transfer of proceeds of crime
        • Concealment/disguise of nature/ source/ location/… of proceeds of crime
        • Acquisition/possession/use of proceeds of crime

    • Keywords

        • • Terrorist financing
        • Anti-money laundering
        • Countering the financing of terrorism/countering terrorist financing
        • Proceeds of crime
        • Instrumentalities
    Obstruction of Justice
      Participation in an organized criminal group
        Trafficking in firearms

        • Offences

            • • Illicit manufacturing
            • Illicit trafficking

        • Trafficking details

            • • Unauthorized import, export, acquisition, sale, delivery, movement or transfer of firearms, their parts or components or ammunition

        • Item Types

            • • firearms
            • ammunition
        Trafficking in persons
          Crimes that affect the environment

          • Offences

              • • Wildlife crime

          • Prohibited Act

              • • Hunting (poaching)/killing
              • Domestic trade/supply
              • International trade (import, export, re-export)
              • Manufacture/Processing
              • Catching

          • Subject

              • • CITES / International protected species
              • Domestic protected species
              • Product

          • Details

              • • CITES protected species
              • Protected area/habitat
              • Undocumented/unlicensed conduct

          • Other Details

              • • Unlicensed conduct

          • Keywords

              • • Hunting (poaching)/killing
              • Catching
              • Domestic trade/supply
              • International trade (import, export, re-export)
              • Manufacture/Processing
              • Product
              • International protected species (e.g. CITIES)
              • Domestic protected species
              • Other environmental crimes
              • Documentation
          Falsified medical products
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          Terrorism

          • Offences

              • • Offences related to Terrorist Bombings
              • Offences related to Nuclear Terrorism and Nuclear material
              • Unlawful Acts / Acts of violence against the Safety of Civil Aviation / at Airports
              • Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation/ Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf
              • Offences related to Financing of Terrorism
              • Crimes related to Kidnapping and Taking of Hostages
              • Offences or Acts Committed on Board Aircraft

          • Acts Involved

              • • Membership in / Founding a Terrorist Group or Organization
              • Criminal Association
              • Seizure of Aircraft

          • Keywords

              • • Bomb / Improvised Explosive Device (IED) / Explosives
              • Nuclear Material / Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism / Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
              • Maritime Navigation / Fixed Platforms / Cargo Container / Ship
              • Unlawful Seizure / Aircraft / Airport / Civil Aviation
              • Financing / cash couriers
              • Sanctions Regime / Arms Embargo / Assets Freeze / Travel Ban

          China

          Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China

          Entry into Force Date:

          1997-10-01

           

          Adoption Date:

          1997-03-14

          Highlighted articles

          Part One: General Provisions - Chapter I: The Tasks, Basic Principles and Scope of Application of the Criminal Law   Article 6-8  

          Part One: General Provisions - Chapter II: Crimes   Article 25-29   Section 3  

          Part One: General Provisions - Chapter II: Crimes   Article 30-31   Section 4  

          Part One: General Provisions - Chapter III: Crimes of Disrupting the Order of the Socialist Market Economy   Article 141-142   Section 1  

          Part One: General Provisions - Chapter III: Crimes of Disrupting the Order of the Socialist Market Economy   Article 151   Section 2  

          Part Two - Chapter III: Specific provisions - Crimes of Undermining the Socialist Market Economic Order   Article 170 - 173   Section 4  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter II: Crimes of Endangering Public Security   Article 114-115  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter II: Crimes of Endangering Public Security   Article 116-119  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter II: Crimes of Endangering Public Security   Article 120-120a  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter II: Crimes of Endangering Public Security   Article 121-123  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter II: Crimes of Endangering Public Security   Article 124  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter II: Crimes of Endangering Public Security   Article 125, 127, 130, 136  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter III: Crimes of Undermining the Order of Socialist Market Economy   Article 191   Section 4  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter III: Crimes of Undermining the Socialist Market Economic Order   Article 217   Section 7  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter IV: Crimes of Infringing upon the Rights of the Person and the Democratic Rights of Citizens   Article 238-239  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter IV: Crimes of Infringing upon the Rights of the Person and the Democratic Rights of Citizens   Article 240-241  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter IV: Crimes of Infringing upon the Rights of the Person and the Democratic Rights of Citizens   Article 244  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter VI: Crimes of Disrupting the Order of Social Administration   Article 291a   Section 1  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter VI: Crimes of Obstructing the Administration of Public Order   Article 285   Section 1  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter VI: Crimes of Obstructing the Administration of Public Order   Article 286   Section 1  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter VI: Crimes of Obstructing the Administration of Public Order   Article 287   Section 1  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter VI: Crimes of Obstructing the Administration of Public Order   Article 294   Section 1  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter VI: Crimes of Obstructing the Administration of Public Order   Article 305-317   Section 2  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter VI: Crimes of Obstructing the Administration of Public Order   Article 341   Section 6  

          Part Two: Specific Provisions - Chapter VIII: Crimes of Embezzlement and Bribery   Article 393  

           

          UNTOC Articles

          • Organized Crime Convention

          • Article 5: Criminalization of participation in an organized criminal group
          • Article 6: Criminalization of the laundering of proceeds of crime
          • Article 10: Liability of legal persons
          • Article 11: Prosecution, adjudication and sanctions
          • Article 12: Confiscation and seizure
          • Article 15: Jurisdiction
          • Article 23: Criminalization of obstruction of justice

          • Trafficking in Persons Protocol

          • Any Article

          • Smuggling of Migrants Protocol

          • Firearms Protocol

          • Any Article
             

            Cross-Cutting Issues

            • Jurisdiction

                • • Principle of territoriality (offences committed upon one state’s territory, even if the offender is a foreign citizen)
                • On board a ship/vessel flying its flag
                • On board an aircraft registered under its laws
                • Active principle of nationality (offence committed outside its territory by its nationals)
                • Passive principle of nationality (offence committed outside its territory against its nationals)

            • Liability

              • Liability of Legal Persons

                  • • Criminal

            • Prosecution, Adjudication and Sanctions

              • Trial and sentencing issues

                  • • Aggravating circumstances
                  • Custodial sanctions
                  • Non-custodial sanctions

            • Investigation Procedure

              • Confiscation and Seizure of

                  • • Property, equipment or other instrumentalities
                  • Proceeds of crime derived from offences covered by the Convention
                  • Income or other benefits derived from the proceeds
                  • Proceeds of crime transformed or converted into other property

              • Measures

                  • • Identification, tracing, freezing and/or seizure of the proceeds and instrumentalities of crime
             

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