2024/9/2 凌晨12:25 Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China directly responsible persons shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years or short-term custody. If the circumstances are especially serious, the offenders shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years. Article 274 Whoever extorts a relatively large amount of public or private property or extorts property several times shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction, and concurrently, a fine, or shall be sentenced to a fine only. If the amount involved is large or there are other serious circumstances, 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. If the amount involved is especially large or there are other especially serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, and concurrently, a fine. Article 275 Whoever intentionally destroys public or private property, if the amount involved is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or a fine. If the amount involved is large or there are other especially serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixedterm imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years. Article 276 Whoever, for giving vent to spite or retaliation or out of other personal motives, sabotages production or business operation by destroying machines or equipment, injuring or slaughtering farm animals, or by other means, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction. If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years. Article 276a Whoever evades paying workers their wages by transferring property, absconding or other means, or refuses to pay workers their wages while he has the ability to do so, if the amount involved is relatively large, and the offender still refuses to pay after being ordered to do so by the relevant government department, 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 it causes serious consequences, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 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. Whoever commits an act as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs but has not caused serious consequences may be given a mitigated punishment or be exempted from punishment if the offender, before being publicly prosecuted, pays the workers their wages due and bears the corresponding liability for compensation in accordance with the law. Chapter VI Crimes of Obstructing Administration of Public Order Section 1 Crimes of Disrupting Public Order en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2020-12/26/c_921604_13.htm 4/40