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Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China
activities, or committing an act of terrorism, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term
imprisonment of not less than 1 year but not more than 3 years, and concurrently, a fine.
Article 323 Whoever intentionally destroys a boundary tablet, boundary pillar, or permanent survey
marker on the national border shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3
years or short-term custody.
Section 4 Crimes of Obstructing the Management of Cultural Relics
Article 324 Whoever intentionally destroys a precious cultural relic under state protection or a
site classified as a national key protection relic or provincial-level protection relic, shall be sentenced
to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years or short-term custody, and concurrently, a
fine, or shall be sentenced to a fine only. If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be
sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 10 years, and
concurrently, a fine.
Whoever intentionally destroys a site of historical and cultural interest that is under state protection,
if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 5
years or short-term custody, and concurrently, a fine, or shall be sentenced to a fine only.
Whoever negligently damages or destroys a precious cultural relic that is under state protection, or a
site classified as a national key protection relic or provincial-level protection relic, if the
consequences are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3
years or short-term custody.
Article 325 Whoever, in violation of the laws or regulations on the protection of cultural relics, sells
or presents as a gift a precious cultural relic the export of which is prohibited by the state to a
foreigner without authorization, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 5
years or short-term custody, and may concurrently be fined.
An entity committing a crime as prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be fined, and the
directly responsible persons in charge and other directly responsible persons shall be punished in
accordance with the provisions in the preceding paragraph.
Article 326 Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, sells a cultural relic the trade of which is
prohibited by the state, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term
imprisonment of not more than 5 years or short-term custody, and concurrently, a fine. If the
circumstances are especially serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of
not less than 5 years but not more than 10 years, and concurrently, a fine.
An entity committing a crime as prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be fined, and the
directly responsible persons in charge and other directly responsible persons shall be punished in
accordance with the provisions in the preceding paragraph.
Article 327 Where any state-owned museum, library or other entity, in violation of the laws or
regulations on the protection of cultural relics, sells or presents as a gift a cultural relic under
state protection which is in its collections, to a non-state-owned entity or an individual without
authorization, the entity shall be fined, and the directly responsible persons in charge and other
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