Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Corruption and Bribery
In order to punish the criminal activities of corruption and bribery according to the law, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law, the following explanations are given on several issues concerning the application of law in handling criminal cases of corruption and bribery:
Article 7 Anyone who offers bribes to a State functionary for the purpose of seeking illegitimate benefits, if the amount is more than 30000 yuan, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility for the crime of offering bribes in accordance with the provisions of Article 390 of the Criminal Law.
If the amount of bribery is more than 10000 yuan but less than 30000 yuan, criminal responsibility shall be investigated for the crime of bribery in accordance with the provisions of Article 390 of the Criminal Law in any of the following circumstances:
(1) Bribing three or more persons;
(2) Using illegal gains as bribes;
(3) Seeking promotion or adjustment by offering bribes;
(4) Bribing State functionaries who are responsible for the supervision and administration of food, drugs, production safety, environmental protection, etc., and carrying out illegal activities;
(5) Bribing judicial personnel, which affects judicial impartiality;
(6) Causing economic losses of more than 500000 yuan but less than 1 million yuan.
Article 8 Whoever commits the crime of offering bribes shall be deemed as "serious" in the first paragraph of Article 390 of the Criminal Law under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Bribing more than one million yuan but less than five million yuan;
(2) The amount of bribery is more than 500000 yuan but less than 1 million yuan, and has one of the circumstances specified in Item 1 to Item 5 of Paragraph 2 of Article 7 of this interpretation;
(3) Other serious circumstances.
Those who offer bribes to state functionaries for the purpose of seeking illegitimate interests and cause economic losses of more than one million yuan but less than five million yuan shall be identified as "causing heavy losses to the interests of the state" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 390 of the Criminal Law.
Article 9 A person who commits the crime of offering bribes shall be deemed as "especially serious" in the first paragraph of Article 390 of the Criminal Law in any of the following circumstances:
(1) Bribing more than 5 million yuan;
(2) The amount of bribery is more than 2.5 million yuan but less than 5 million yuan, and has one of the circumstances specified in Item 1 to Item 5 of Paragraph 2 of Article 7 of this interpretation;
(3) Other particularly serious circumstances.
Those who offer bribes to state functionaries for the purpose of seeking illegitimate interests, resulting in economic losses of more than 5 million yuan, shall be identified as "causing particularly heavy losses to the interests of the state" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 390 of the Criminal Law.
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