Database of Legislation

Crimes that affect the environment
  • Offences

    • • Wildlife crime
  • Details

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

    • • Unlicensed conduct

UNTOC Articles

  • Organized Crime Convention

  • Article 11: Prosecution, adjudication and sanctions
  • Article 12: Confiscation and seizure
  • Trafficking in Persons Protocol

  • Smuggling of Migrants Protocol

  • Firearms Protocol

     

    Original Text

    Article 341

    Those who illegally hunt and kill rare and endangered wild animals which are under the state key production plan or illegally purchase, transport or sell those rare and endangered wild animals and their manufactured products are to be sentenced to not more than five years of fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention, and may in addition be sentenced to a fine. In serious cases, those law offenders are to be sentenced to not less than five years and not more than 10 years of fixed-term imprisonment, and may in addition be sentenced to a fine. In especially serious cases, those law offenders are to be sentenced to more than 10 years of fixed-term imprisonment, and in addition be sentenced to a fine and confiscation of their properties.

    Those who violate hunting law and regulations and use tools and methods which are forbidden to be used in no- hunting zones or periods and thus damage the source of wild animals and if the situation is serious are to be sentenced to not more than five years of fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention or control, and in addition be sentenced to a fine.

    第三百四十一条

    【危害珍贵、濒危野生动物罪】

    非法猎捕、杀害国家重点保护的珍贵、濒危野生动物的,或者非法收购、运输、出售国家重点保护的珍贵、濒危野生动物及其制品的,处五年以下有期徒刑或者拘役,并处罚金;情节严重的,处五年以上十年以下有期徒刑,并处罚金;情节特别严重的,处十年以上有期徒刑,并处违反野生动物保护管理法规,以食用为目的非法猎捕、收购、运输、出售第一款规定以外的在野外环境自然生长繁殖的陆生野生动物,情节严重的,依照前款的规定处罚。

    【非法猎捕、收购、运输、出售陆生野生动物罪】违反野生动物保护管理法规,以食用为目的非法猎捕、收购、运输、出售第一款规定以外的在野外环境自然生长繁殖的陆生野生动物,情节严重的,依照前款的规定处罚。 

     
     

    Cross-Cutting Issues

    • Prosecution, Adjudication and Sanctions

      • Trial and sentencing issues

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

      • Confiscation and Seizure of

        • • Proceeds of crime derived from offences covered by the Convention
          • Proceeds of crime transformed or converted into other property