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SUPPLEMENTARY CIRCULAR OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE ON ISSUES CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE PURCHASE FRAUD

The State Administration of Foreign Exchange

Supplementary Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Penalties for Foreign Exchange Purchase
Fraud

HuiChuan [1996] No.22

December 6, 1996

The branches of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the
Central Government, municipalities separately listed on the State plan and special economic zones:

In January 1996, our administration issued the Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning the Investigation and Prosecution of Foreign
Exchange Purchase Fraud (HuiGuanHanZi [96] No.18), requiring all local foreign exchange administrative bureaus to carry out timely
investigation and prosecution of foreign exchange purchase frauds. Now a supplementary circular on issues concerning penalties is
notified as follows:

1.

Once a foreign exchange purchase fraud with false documents is verified:

a.

In cases where the enterprise that made the false document and that purchased the foreign exchange are the same party, the relevant
foreign exchange administrative bureau may impose economic penalties on the party first before handing it over to the relevant public
security department.

b.

In cases where the enterprise that made the false document and that purchased the foreign exchange are not the same party, the relevant
foreign exchange administrative bureau shall impose economic penalties only on the enterprise that purchased the foreign exchange,
while handing the enterprise that made or provided the false document over to the relevant public security department in time.

2.

Enterprises that have been verified upon investigation of foreign exchange purchase fraud shall be treated in accordance with the
relevant stipulations in Article 8 and Article 27 with the sum of penalty in principle not beyond 30% of that of the foreign exchange
purchased by the enterprises for frauds taking place before April 1, 1996, or in accordance with Paragraph 4, Article 39 of the
Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign Exchange Administration for frauds taking place after April 1, 1996.

3.

Local foreign exchange administrative bureaus shall inform designated local foreign exchange banks that for a stated period every
single foreign exchange purchase by enterprises involved in foreign exchange purchase fraud with false documents shall be verified
by competent foreign exchange administrative bureaus and that the designated foreign exchange banks shall sell foreign exchange to
these enterprises only upon presentation of the approval documents by competent foreign exchange administrative bureaus.

4.

All local foreign exchange administrative bureaus shall report in written form, along with a statistical table of foreign exchange
purchase fraud, to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange before December 20, 1996.

Attachment: Statistical Table of Foreign Exchange Purchase Fraud (omitted)



 
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange
1996-12-06