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AMENDMENT TO THE CRIMINAL LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (II) - Article 342 |
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(Order of the President of the People's Republic of China (No. 56), August 31, 2001: The Amendment to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (II), which was adopted at the Twenty-third Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on August 31, 2001, is hereby promulgated and shall enter into force as of the date of its promulgation) |
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SUBJECT : AMENDMENT; ARTICLE 342 |
ISSUING DEPARTMENT : THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA |
ISSUE DATE : 08/31/2001 |
IMPLEMENT DATE : 08/31/2001 |
LENGTH : 121 words |
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Article 342 of the Criminal Law is amended as follows in order to punish the crime of reclaiming land by destroying forest and the crime of reckless occupying or arbitrarily using forested land, and to earnestly protect the forest resources:
"Whoever, in violation of the regulations on land administration, unlawfully occupies cultivated land, forestland or other land used for agriculture, and change the use of the occupied land, if the area involved is relatively large and a large area of such land is damaged, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only be fined. "
This Amendment shall enter into force as of the date of its promulgation.
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