Standing Committee of National People’s Congress Order of President of the People’s Republic of China No. 32 Amendment V of Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China, which was adopted at the 14th meeting of the Standing Committee of President of the People’s Republic of China, Hu Jintao February 28, 2005 Amendment V of Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China 1. An article is added after Article 177 of Criminal Law as one paragraph of Article 177 : Whoever hampers the management of credit “(1) know very well that the credit cards are forged ones, but still hold and transport them, or know very well that the credit cards “(2) Hold others’ credit card illegally and the amount is huge; “(3) Obtain credit cards by cheating with forged identification card; “(4) Sell, buy or provide others with forged credit cards, or obtain credit cards by cheating with forged identification cards. “Stealing, purchasing and providing the information of others’ credit cards illegally shall be punished in accordance with the provision “If the staffs of the banks or other financial organs make use of the convenience of their duties to commit a crime in term of Paragraph 2. Article 196 of the Criminal Law is changed as: whoever swindles with credit cards and the amount is big shall be sentenced to less “(1) Use forged credit cards, or obtain credit cards by cheating with false identification cards; “(2) Use invalid credit cards; “(3) Use other’s credit card under one’s name; “(4) Overdraft with evil intention. “Overdraft with evil intention as referred to in preceding paragraph means credit card holders’ activities of overdraft beyond the “Stealing credit card and using it shall be punished in accordance with Article 264 of this Law.” 3. One paragraph is added in Article 369 of Criminal Law as Paragraph 2, the Article is changed as following: “Whoever destroys weaponry, “Whoever commits an unpremeditated crime as preceding paragraph and causes serious consequence shall be sentenced to less than three “Whoever commits a crime as the same as preceding two paragraphs in time of war shall be punished sternly.” 4. This amendment shall be implemented as of the date of its promulgation. |
Standing Committee of National People’s Congress
2005-02-28