2024/9/2 凌晨12:25 Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China Whoever steals an infant or a child for ransom shall be punished in accordance with the preceding two paragraphs. Article 240 Whoever abducts and traffics in a woman or child shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 5 years but not more than 10 years, and concurrently, a fine. If there is any of the following circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and concurrently, a fine or confiscation of property. If the circumstances are especially serious, the offender shall be sentenced to death, and concurrently, confiscation of property: (1) being the ringleader of a criminal group engaged in the abduction and trafficking of women and children; (2) abducting and trafficking in three or more women and children; (3) raping the abducted and trafficked woman; (4) enticing or forcing the woman who is abducted and trafficked in to engage in prostitution, or selling such a woman to another person to force her into prostitution; (5) kidnapping a woman or child by means of violence, coercion or intoxication or by using intoxication for the purpose of selling the victim; (6) stealing an infant or a child for the purpose of selling the victim; (7) causing serious injuries to or the death of the abducted and trafficked woman or child or any relative thereof, or causing other serious consequences; or (8) selling a woman or child out of the territory of the People’s Republic of China. Abducting and trafficking in a woman or child refer to any of the following acts: trapping, kidnapping, buying, selling, picking up and dropping off, or transporting a woman or child, for the purpose of selling the victim. Article 241 Whoever buys an abducted and trafficked woman or child shall be sentenced to fixedterm imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction. A man who buys an abducted and trafficked woman and forces her to have sexual intercourse with him shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions in Article 236 of this Law. Whoever buys an abducted and trafficked woman or child and unlawfully deprives the victim of personal freedom, restricts the victim’s personal freedom or commits a criminal act of injuring or insulting the victim or other criminal acts against the victim, shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Law. Whoever buys an abducted and trafficked woman or child and commits a crime as prescribed in the second and third paragraphs of this Article shall be punished in accordance with the provisions on combining punishments for multiple crimes. en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2020-12/26/c_921604_12.htm 4/9