2024/9/2 凌晨12:19 Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China A principal offender other than the one provided in the third paragraph shall be punished based on all the crimes he participated in, organized, or directed. Article 27 A person who plays a secondary or supplementary role in a joint crime is an accomplice. An accomplice shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment or be exempted from punishment. Article 28 A person who is coerced to participate in a crime shall, according to the circumstances of his crime, be given a mitigated punishment or be exempted from punishment. Article 29 A person who abets another in committing a crime shall be punished according to the role he plays in the joint crime. A person who abets a person under the age of 18 in committing a crime shall be subjected to a heavier punishment. If the abetted person does not commit the instigated crime, the abettor may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. Section 4 Crimes Committed by an Entity Article 30 Any company, enterprise, public institution, state organ, or organization that commits an act endangering the society that is defined in laws as a crime committed by an entity shall bear criminal liability. Article 31 An entity shall be fined for the crime it has committed. The directly responsible persons in charge and other directly responsible persons shall also be subjected to criminal punishment. Where the Special Provisions of this Law or other laws provide otherwise, those provisions shall prevail. 1 2 3 ... 16 > LINKS State Council CPPCC National Committee Supreme People's Court Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's Daily Online China Daily CCTV CRI.cn Xinhuanet Copyright © The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. All Rights Reserved. Presented by China Daily. en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2020-12/26/c_921604.htm 9/9