[*88-117.*]

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The death penalty is listed as a principal type of punishment under
article 28, section 1 ("Types of Punishments"), Chapter III ("Punishments"),
of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. 1/  Section 5 ("The
Death Penalty") of Chapter III, articles 43-47,deals with the applicability
of the penalty, the means of execution, and the conditions of suspension of
the sentence. 2/  The Criminal Law was adopted on July 1, 1979, and became
effective January 1, 1980.  Crimes for which the death penalty may be applied
are found under Part Two, "Special Provisions."  They include counterrevolution
(art. 103), endangerment of public security leading to serious injury
or death or to major damage of public or private property (art. 106), sabotage
(art. 110), murder (art. 132), rape (art. 139), corruption by state
personnel (art. 155), and intentional sabotage with treasonous intent of
permanent boundary tablets, boundary markers, or survey indicators on the 
national borders (art. 175).

In 1982, the Criminal Law was amended by the "Decision of the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Regarding the Severe
Punishment of Criminals Who Seriously Undermine the Economy."  The Decision
states that the death penalty may be applied

"[w]ith respect to the crimes of seeking exorbitant profits
through smuggling, speculative arbitrage and speculation in
Article 118. . ., the crime of theft in Article 152, the crime of

1/  For the Chinese text and the English translation, see the bilingual
publication The Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law of China, 18, 76
(Beijing, Foreign Language Press, 1984).

2/  Id. at 21-22, 78-79.[*88-117.*]

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The death penalty is listed as a principal type of punishment under
article 28, section 1 ("Types of Punishments"), Chapter III ("Punishments"),
of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. 1/  Section 5 ("The
Death Penalty") of Chapter III, articles 43-47,deals with the applicability
of the penalty, the means of execution, and the conditions of suspension of
the sentence. 2/  The Criminal Law was adopted on July 1, 1979, and became
effective January 1, 1980.  Crimes for which the death penalty may be applied
are found under Part Two, "Special Provisions."  They include counterrevolution
(art. 103), endangerment of public security leading to serious injury
or death or to major damage of public or private property (art. 106), sabotage
(art. 110), murder (art. 132), rape (art. 139), corruption by state
personnel (art. 155), and intentional sabotage with treasonous intent of
permanent boundary tablets, boundary markers, or survey indicators on the 
national borders (art. 175).

In 1982, the Criminal Law was amended by the "Decision of the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Regarding the Severe
Punishment of Criminals Who Seriously Undermine the Economy."  The Decision
states that the death penalty may be applied

"[w]ith respect to the crimes of seeking exorbitant profits
through smuggling, speculative arbitrage and speculation in
Article 118. . ., the crime of theft in Article 152, the crime of

1/  For the Chinese text and the English translation, see the bilingual
publication The Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law of China, 18, 76
(Beijing, Foreign Language Press, 1984).

2/  Id. at 21-22, 78-79.[*88-117.*]

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The death penalty is listed as a principal type of punishment under
article 28, section 1 ("Types of Punishments"), Chapter III ("Punishments"),
of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. 1/  Section 5 ("The
Death Penalty") of Chapter III, articles 43-47,deals with the applicability
of the penalty, the means of execution, and the conditions of suspension of
the sentence. 2/  The Criminal Law was adopted on July 1, 1979, and became
effective January 1, 1980.  Crimes for which the death penalty may be applied
are found under Part Two, "Special Provisions."  They include counterrevolution
(art. 103), endangerment of public security leading to serious injury
or death or to major damage of public or private property (art. 106), sabotage
(art. 110), murder (art. 132), rape (art. 139), corruption by state
personnel (art. 155), and intentional sabotage with treasonous intent of
permanent boundary tablets, boundary markers, or survey indicators on the 
national borders (art. 175).

In 1982, the Criminal Law was amended by the "Decision of the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Regarding the Severe
Punishment of Criminals Who Seriously Undermine the Economy."  The Decision
states that the death penalty may be applied

"[w]ith respect to the crimes of seeking exorbitant profits
through smuggling, speculative arbitrage and speculation in
Article 118. . ., the crime of theft in Article 152, the crime of

1/  For the Chinese text and the English translation, see the bilingual
publication The Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law of China, 18, 76
(Beijing, Foreign Language Press, 1984).

2/  Id. at 21-22, 78-79.[*88-117.*]

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The death penalty is listed as a principal type of punishment under
article 28, section 1 ("Types of Punishments"), Chapter III ("Punishments"),
of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. 1/  Section 5 ("The
Death Penalty") of Chapter III, articles 43-47,deals with the applicability
of the penalty, the means of execution, and the conditions of suspension of
the sentence. 2/  The Criminal Law was adopted on July 1, 1979, and became
effective January 1, 1980.  Crimes for which the death penalty may be applied
are found under Part Two, "Special Provisions."  They include counterrevolution
(art. 103), endangerment of public security leading to serious injury
or death or to major damage of public or private property (art. 106), sabotage
(art. 110), murder (art. 132), rape (art. 139), corruption by state
personnel (art. 155), and intentional sabotage with treasonous intent of
permanent boundary tablets, boundary markers, or survey indicators on the 
national borders (art. 175).

In 1982, the Criminal Law was amended by the "Decision of the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Regarding the Severe
Punishment of Criminals Who Seriously Undermine the Economy."  The Decision
states that the death penalty may be applied

"[w]ith respect to the crimes of seeking exorbitant profits
through smuggling, speculative arbitrage and speculation in
Article 118. . ., the crime of theft in Article 152, the crime of

1/  For the Chinese text and the English translation, see the bilingual
publication The Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law of China, 18, 76
(Beijing, Foreign Language Press, 1984).

2/  Id. at 21-22, 78-79.[*88-117.*]

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The death penalty is listed as a principal type of punishment under
article 28, section 1 ("Types of Punishments"), Chapter III ("Punishments"),
of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. 1/  Section 5 ("The
Death Penalty") of Chapter III, articles 43-47,deals with the applicability
of the penalty, the means of execution, and the conditions of suspension of
the sentence. 2/  The Criminal Law was adopted on July 1, 1979, and became
effective January 1, 1980.  Crimes for which the death penalty may be applied
are found under Part Two, "Special Provisions."  They include counterrevolution
(art. 103), endangerment of public security leading to serious injury
or death or to major damage of public or private property (art. 106), sabotage
(art. 110), murder (art. 132), rape (art. 139), corruption by state
personnel (art. 155), and intentional sabotage with treasonous intent of
permanent boundary tablets, boundary markers, or survey indicators on the 
national borders (art. 175).

In 1982, the Criminal Law was amended by the "Decision of the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Regarding the Severe
Punishment of Criminals Who Seriously Undermine the Economy."  The Decision
states that the death penalty may be applied

"[w]ith respect to the crimes of seeking exorbitant profits
through smuggling, speculative arbitrage and speculation in
Article 118. . ., the crime of theft in Article 152, the crime of

1/  For the Chinese text and the English translation, see the bilingual
publication The Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law of China, 18, 76
(Beijing, Foreign Language Press, 1984).

2/  Id. at 21-22, 78-79.PRC-2

sale of narcotics in Article 171, [and] the crime of stealing
and exporting precious cultural relics in Article 173. . . . 3/

The Decision also states that the crime of acceptance of bribes (art. 185, 
para. 1 and 2) is to be handled in accordance with the crime of corruption
(art. 153) if it involves state personnel, and that in particularly serious
cases the death penalty may be applied. 4/

The "Decision of the Standing Commitee of the National People's
Congress Regarding the Severe Punishment of Criminal Elements Who Seriously
Endanger Public Security," adopted on September 2, 1983, increased the maximum
punishment for certain other crimes to include the death penalty. 3/  The
crimes affected were organization or use of superstition, superstitious
sects, or secret societies to carry out counterrevolutionary activity
(art. 99); illegal manufacture, trade in, or transport of arms of ammunition,
or theft or seizure of the arms and ammunition of state organs (art. 112);
intentional injury or serious injury to another's person, or intentional injury
resulting in the death of another person (art. 134); forcing women into
prostitution (art. 140); abduction and sale of people (art. 141); assembling
of a crowd to engage in hooligan activities (art. 160); luring women into
prostitution or sheltering them in prostitution for the purpose of financial
gain (art. 169).

3/  Supra note 1, at 230, 234.
4/  Id. at 230-231, 235.
3/  Id. at 241-242, 243-245.PRC-2

sale of narcotics in Article 171, [and] the crime of stealing
and exporting precious cultural relics in Article 173. . . . 3/

The Decision also states that the crime of acceptance of bribes (art. 185, 
para. 1 and 2) is to be handled in accordance with the crime of corruption
(art. 153) if it involves state personnel, and that in particularly serious
cases the death penalty may be applied. 4/

The "Decision of the Standing Commitee of the National People's
Congress Regarding the Severe Punishment of Criminal Elements Who Seriously
Endanger Public Security," adopted on September 2, 1983, increased the maximum
punishment for certain other crimes to include the death penalty. 3/  The
crimes affected were organization or use of superstition, superstitious
sects, or secret societies to carry out counterrevolutionary activity
(art. 99); illegal manufacture, trade in, or transport of arms of ammunition,
or theft or seizure of the arms and ammunition of state organs (art. 112);
intentional injury or serious injury to another's person, or intentional injury
resulting in the death of another person (art. 134); forcing women into
prostitution (art. 140); abduction and sale of people (art. 141); assembling
of a crowd to engage in hooligan activities (art. 160); luring women into
prostitution or sheltering them in prostitution for the purpose of financial
gain (art. 169).

3/  Supra note 1, at 230, 234.
4/  Id. at 230-231, 235.
3/  Id. at 241-242, 243-245.PRC-2

sale of narcotics in Article 171, [and] the crime of stealing
and exporting precious cultural relics in Article 173. . . . 3/

The Decision also states that the crime of acceptance of bribes (art. 185, 
para. 1 and 2) is to be handled in accordance with the crime of corruption
(art. 153) if it involves state personnel, and that in particularly serious
cases the death penalty may be applied. 4/

The "Decision of the Standing Commitee of the National People's
Congress Regarding the Severe Punishment of Criminal Elements Who Seriously
Endanger Public Security," adopted on September 2, 1983, increased the maximum
punishment for certain other crimes to include the death penalty. 3/  The
crimes affected were organization or use of superstition, superstitious
sects, or secret societies to carry out counterrevolutionary activity
(art. 99); illegal manufacture, trade in, or transport of arms of ammunition,
or theft or seizure of the arms and ammunition of state organs (art. 112);
intentional injury or serious injury to another's person, or intentional injury
resulting in the death of another person (art. 134); forcing women into
prostitution (art. 140); abduction and sale of people (art. 141); assembling
of a crowd to engage in hooligan activities (art. 160); luring women into
prostitution or sheltering them in prostitution for the purpose of financial
gain (art. 169).

3/  Supra note 1, at 230, 234.
4/  Id. at 230-231, 235.
3/  Id. at 241-242, 243-245.PRC-2

sale of narcotics in Article 171, [and] the crime of stealing
and exporting precious cultural relics in Article 173. . . . 3/

The Decision also states that the crime of acceptance of bribes (art. 185, 
para. 1 and 2) is to be handled in accordance with the crime of corruption
(art. 153) if it involves state personnel, and that in particularly serious
cases the death penalty may be applied. 4/

The "Decision of the Standing Commitee of the National People's
Congress Regarding the Severe Punishment of Criminal Elements Who Seriously
Endanger Public Security," adopted on September 2, 1983, increased the maximum
punishment for certain other crimes to include the death penalty. 3/  The
crimes affected were organization or use of superstition, superstitious
sects, or secret societies to carry out counterrevolutionary activity
(art. 99); illegal manufacture, trade in, or transport of arms of ammunition,
or theft or seizure of the arms and ammunition of state organs (art. 112);
intentional injury or serious injury to another's person, or intentional injury
resulting in the death of another person (art. 134); forcing women into
prostitution (art. 140); abduction and sale of people (art. 141); assembling
of a crowd to engage in hooligan activities (art. 160); luring women into
prostitution or sheltering them in prostitution for the purpose of financial
gain (art. 169).

3/  Supra note 1, at 230, 234.
4/  Id. at 230-231, 235.
3/  Id. at 241-242, 243-245.PRC-2

sale of narcotics in Article 171, [and] the crime of stealing
and exporting precious cultural relics in Article 173. . . . 3/

The Decision also states that the crime of acceptance of bribes (art. 185, 
para. 1 and 2) is to be handled in accordance with the crime of corruption
(art. 153) if it involves state personnel, and that in particularly serious
cases the death penalty may be applied. 4/

The "Decision of the Standing Commitee of the National People's
Congress Regarding the Severe Punishment of Criminal Elements Who Seriously
Endanger Public Security," adopted on September 2, 1983, increased the maximum
punishment for certain other crimes to include the death penalty. 3/  The
crimes affected were organization or use of superstition, superstitious
sects, or secret societies to carry out counterrevolutionary activity
(art. 99); illegal manufacture, trade in, or transport of arms of ammunition,
or theft or seizure of the arms and ammunition of state organs (art. 112);
intentional injury or serious injury to another's person, or intentional injury
resulting in the death of another person (art. 134); forcing women into
prostitution (art. 140); abduction and sale of people (art. 141); assembling
of a crowd to engage in hooligan activities (art. 160); luring women into
prostitution or sheltering them in prostitution for the purpose of financial
gain (art. 169).

3/  Supra note 1, at 230, 234.
4/  Id. at 230-231, 235.
3/  Id. at 241-242, 243-245.PRC-3

On January 21, 1988, two supplementary regulations to the above
Decision, adopted by the Standing Committee, went into effect.  These regulations

impose a death penalty for those smuggling narcotics, drugs,
weapons, ammunition, counterfeit money, and rare cultural
relics, animals and their products, gold, white silver and 
other valuable metals the state prohibits to export, or goods
worth more than half a million yuan.  The capital penalty
applies to those who protect smuggling with arms. 6/

In addition, life imprisonment or the death penalty will be meted out in
particularly serious cases of embezzlement, bribery, or infliction of losses
on the state or individual units.

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February 1988

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6/  Xinhua (English), Jan. 21, 1988, as cited in Foreign Broadcast Information
Service, Daily Report:  China, Jan. 22, 1988, at 9.PRC-3

On January 21, 1988, two supplementary regulations to the above
Decision, adopted by the Standing Committee, went into effect.  These regulations

impose a death penalty for those smuggling narcotics, drugs,
weapons, ammunition, counterfeit money, and rare cultural
relics, animals and their products, gold, white silver and 
other valuable metals the state prohibits to export, or goods
worth more than half a million yuan.  The capital penalty
applies to those who protect smuggling with arms. 6/

In addition, life imprisonment or the death penalty will be meted out in
particularly serious cases of embezzlement, bribery, or infliction of losses
on the state or individual units.

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and Dr. Wendy L. Zeldin, Legal Research Analyst
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February 1988

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6/  Xinhua (English), Jan. 21, 1988, as cited in Foreign Broadcast Information
Service, Daily Report:  China, Jan. 22, 1988, at 9.PRC-3

On January 21, 1988, two supplementary regulations to the above
Decision, adopted by the Standing Committee, went into effect.  These regulations

impose a death penalty for those smuggling narcotics, drugs,
weapons, ammunition, counterfeit money, and rare cultural
relics, animals and their products, gold, white silver and 
other valuable metals the state prohibits to export, or goods
worth more than half a million yuan.  The capital penalty
applies to those who protect smuggling with arms. 6/

In addition, life imprisonment or the death penalty will be meted out in
particularly serious cases of embezzlement, bribery, or infliction of losses
on the state or individual units.

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and Dr. Wendy L. Zeldin, Legal Research Analyst
Far Eastern Law Division
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February 1988

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6/  Xinhua (English), Jan. 21, 1988, as cited in Foreign Broadcast Information
Service, Daily Report:  China, Jan. 22, 1988, at 9.PRC-3

On January 21, 1988, two supplementary regulations to the above
Decision, adopted by the Standing Committee, went into effect.  These regulations

impose a death penalty for those smuggling narcotics, drugs,
weapons, ammunition, counterfeit money, and rare cultural
relics, animals and their products, gold, white silver and 
other valuable metals the state prohibits to export, or goods
worth more than half a million yuan.  The capital penalty
applies to those who protect smuggling with arms. 6/

In addition, life imprisonment or the death penalty will be meted out in
particularly serious cases of embezzlement, bribery, or infliction of losses
on the state or individual units.

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and Dr. Wendy L. Zeldin, Legal Research Analyst
Far Eastern Law Division
Law Library, Library of Congress
February 1988

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6/  Xinhua (English), Jan. 21, 1988, as cited in Foreign Broadcast Information
Service, Daily Report:  China, Jan. 22, 1988, at 9.PRC-3

On January 21, 1988, two supplementary regulations to the above
Decision, adopted by the Standing Committee, went into effect.  These regulations

impose a death penalty for those smuggling narcotics, drugs,
weapons, ammunition, counterfeit money, and rare cultural
relics, animals and their products, gold, white silver and 
other valuable metals the state prohibits to export, or goods
worth more than half a million yuan.  The capital penalty
applies to those who protect smuggling with arms. 6/

In addition, life imprisonment or the death penalty will be meted out in
particularly serious cases of embezzlement, bribery, or infliction of losses
on the state or individual units.

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and Dr. Wendy L. Zeldin, Legal Research Analyst
Far Eastern Law Division
Law Library, Library of Congress
February 1988

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6/  Xinhua (English), Jan. 21, 1988, as cited in Foreign Broadcast Information
Service, Daily Report:  China, Jan. 22, 1988, at 9.REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

The Criminal Code of the Republic of China provides for the death
penalty under article 33 of Chapter V, "Punishment," of Part One, "General
Provisions." 1/ The Code was promulgated on January 1, 1935, and went into
effect on July 1 of that year. It was last amended on December 26, 1969.
Crimes punishable by death, found in Part Two, "Special
Provisions," of the Criminal Code include ringleadership of certain violent
acts that threaten the internal security of the state (Chap. I, art. 101,
para. 1); various offenses against the external security of the state
(Chap, II, arts. 103, para. 1, 104, para. 1, 105, para. 1, 107, para. 1);
abandonment of the territory in his charge through serious neglect of duty on
the part of a public official (Chap. IV, art. 120, para. 1); rape with intentional
murder (Chap. XVI, art. 223); use of his authority by a public
official to compel another person to commit offenses related to the cultivation
of the poppy plant with intent to manufacture opium or morphine, or to
the sale of transport of poppy seeds with intent to manufacture opium or
morphine (Chap. XX, art. 261); murder (Chap. XXII, art. 271, para. 1);
murder of a lineal blood ascendant (art. 272, para. 1); robbery resulting in
death (Chap. XXX, art. 328, para. 3); robbery committed in conjunction with
arson, rape, kidnapping for ransom, or intentional homicide (art. 332); acts
of piracy (art. 333); acts of piracy committed in conjunction with arson,

----------------
1/ The Chinese text of the Code is in Tsui hsin liu fa ch'uan shu [The
Most Recent Complete Book of the Six Codes] 916 (Taipei, San-min Books,
1986). For an English translation, see 2 A Compilation of the Laws of the
Republic of China 189 (Taipei, San-min Books, 1974).REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

The Criminal Code of the Republic of China provides for the death
penalty under article 33 of Chapter V, "Punishment," of Part One, "General
Provisions." 1/ The Code was promulgated on January 1, 1935, and went into
effect on July 1 of that year. It was last amended on December 26, 1969.
Crimes punishable by death, found in Part Two, "Special
Provisions," of the Criminal Code include ringleadership of certain violent
acts that threaten the internal security of the state (Chap. I, art. 101,
para. 1); various offenses against the external security of the state
(Chap, II, arts. 103, para. 1, 104, para. 1, 105, para. 1, 107, para. 1);
abandonment of the territory in his charge through serious neglect of duty on
the part of a public official (Chap. IV, art. 120, para. 1); rape with intentional
murder (Chap. XVI, art. 223); use of his authority by a public
official to compel another person to commit offenses related to the cultivation
of the poppy plant with intent to manufacture opium or morphine, or to
the sale of transport of poppy seeds with intent to manufacture opium or
morphine (Chap. XX, art. 261); murder (Chap. XXII, art. 271, para. 1);
murder of a lineal blood ascendant (art. 272, para. 1); robbery resulting in
death (Chap. XXX, art. 328, para. 3); robbery committed in conjunction with
arson, rape, kidnapping for ransom, or intentional homicide (art. 332); acts
of piracy (art. 333); acts of piracy committed in conjunction with arson,

----------------
1/ The Chinese text of the Code is in Tsui hsin liu fa ch'uan shu [The
Most Recent Complete Book of the Six Codes] 916 (Taipei, San-min Books,
1986). For an English translation, see 2 A Compilation of the Laws of the
Republic of China 189 (Taipei, San-min Books, 1974).REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

The Criminal Code of the Republic of China provides for the death
penalty under article 33 of Chapter V, "Punishment," of Part One, "General
Provisions." 1/ The Code was promulgated on January 1, 1935, and went into
effect on July 1 of that year. It was last amended on December 26, 1969.
Crimes punishable by death, found in Part Two, "Special
Provisions," of the Criminal Code include ringleadership of certain violent
acts that threaten the internal security of the state (Chap. I, art. 101,
para. 1); various offenses against the external security of the state
(Chap, II, arts. 103, para. 1, 104, para. 1, 105, para. 1, 107, para. 1);
abandonment of the territory in his charge through serious neglect of duty on
the part of a public official (Chap. IV, art. 120, para. 1); rape with intentional
murder (Chap. XVI, art. 223); use of his authority by a public
official to compel another person to commit offenses related to the cultivation
of the poppy plant with intent to manufacture opium or morphine, or to
the sale of transport of poppy seeds with intent to manufacture opium or
morphine (Chap. XX, art. 261); murder (Chap. XXII, art. 271, para. 1);
murder of a lineal blood ascendant (art. 272, para. 1); robbery resulting in
death (Chap. XXX, art. 328, para. 3); robbery committed in conjunction with
arson, rape, kidnapping for ransom, or intentional homicide (art. 332); acts
of piracy (art. 333); acts of piracy committed in conjunction with arson,

----------------
1/ The Chinese text of the Code is in Tsui hsin liu fa ch'uan shu [The
Most Recent Complete Book of the Six Codes] 916 (Taipei, San-min Books,
1986). For an English translation, see 2 A Compilation of the Laws of the
Republic of China 189 (Taipei, San-min Books, 1974).REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

The Criminal Code of the Republic of China provides for the death
penalty under article 33 of Chapter V, "Punishment," of Part One, "General
Provisions." 1/ The Code was promulgated on January 1, 1935, and went into
effect on July 1 of that year. It was last amended on December 26, 1969.
Crimes punishable by death, found in Part Two, "Special
Provisions," of the Criminal Code include ringleadership of certain violent
acts that threaten the internal security of the state (Chap. I, art. 101,
para. 1); various offenses against the external security of the state
(Chap, II, arts. 103, para. 1, 104, para. 1, 105, para. 1, 107, para. 1);
abandonment of the territory in his charge through serious neglect of duty on
the part of a public official (Chap. IV, art. 120, para. 1); rape with intentional
murder (Chap. XVI, art. 223); use of his authority by a public
official to compel another person to commit offenses related to the cultivation
of the poppy plant with intent to manufacture opium or morphine, or to
the sale of transport of poppy seeds with intent to manufacture opium or
morphine (Chap. XX, art. 261); murder (Chap. XXII, art. 271, para. 1);
murder of a lineal blood ascendant (art. 272, para. 1); robbery resulting in
death (Chap. XXX, art. 328, para. 3); robbery committed in conjunction with
arson, rape, kidnapping for ransom, or intentional homicide (art. 332); acts
of piracy (art. 333); acts of piracy committed in conjunction with arson,

----------------
1/ The Chinese text of the Code is in Tsui hsin liu fa ch'uan shu [The
Most Recent Complete Book of the Six Codes] 916 (Taipei, San-min Books,
1986). For an English translation, see 2 A Compilation of the Laws of the
Republic of China 189 (Taipei, San-min Books, 1974).REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

The Criminal Code of the Republic of China provides for the death
penalty under article 33 of Chapter V, "Punishment," of Part One, "General
Provisions." 1/ The Code was promulgated on January 1, 1935, and went into
effect on July 1 of that year. It was last amended on December 26, 1969.
Crimes punishable by death, found in Part Two, "Special
Provisions," of the Criminal Code include ringleadership of certain violent
acts that threaten the internal security of the state (Chap. I, art. 101,
para. 1); various offenses against the external security of the state
(Chap, II, arts. 103, para. 1, 104, para. 1, 105, para. 1, 107, para. 1);
abandonment of the territory in his charge through serious neglect of duty on
the part of a public official (Chap. IV, art. 120, para. 1); rape with intentional
murder (Chap. XVI, art. 223); use of his authority by a public
official to compel another person to commit offenses related to the cultivation
of the poppy plant with intent to manufacture opium or morphine, or to
the sale of transport of poppy seeds with intent to manufacture opium or
morphine (Chap. XX, art. 261); murder (Chap. XXII, art. 271, para. 1);
murder of a lineal blood ascendant (art. 272, para. 1); robbery resulting in
death (Chap. XXX, art. 328, para. 3); robbery committed in conjunction with
arson, rape, kidnapping for ransom, or intentional homicide (art. 332); acts
of piracy (art. 333); acts of piracy committed in conjunction with arson,

----------------
1/ The Chinese text of the Code is in Tsui hsin liu fa ch'uan shu [The
Most Recent Complete Book of the Six Codes] 916 (Taipei, San-min Books,
1986). For an English translation, see 2 A Compilation of the Laws of the
Republic of China 189 (Taipei, San-min Books, 1974).ROC-2

rape, kidnapping for ransom, or intentional homicide (art. 334.); kidnapping
(Chap. XXXIII, art. 347, para. 1 and 2); kidnapping and intentional murder or
rape of the victim (art. 348, para. 1 and 2).


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February 1988

TTH:WZ;psc
02/26/88ROC-2

rape, kidnapping for ransom, or intentional homicide (art. 334.); kidnapping
(Chap. XXXIII, art. 347, para. 1 and 2); kidnapping and intentional murder or
rape of the victim (art. 348, para. 1 and 2).


Prepared by Dr. Tao-tai Hsia, Chief
and Dr. Wendy I. Zeldin, Legal Research Analyst
Far Eastern Law Division
Law Library, Library of Congress
February 1988

TTH:WZ;psc
02/26/88ROC-2

rape, kidnapping for ransom, or intentional homicide (art. 334.); kidnapping
(Chap. XXXIII, art. 347, para. 1 and 2); kidnapping and intentional murder or
rape of the victim (art. 348, para. 1 and 2).


Prepared by Dr. Tao-tai Hsia, Chief
and Dr. Wendy I. Zeldin, Legal Research Analyst
Far Eastern Law Division
Law Library, Library of Congress
February 1988

TTH:WZ;psc
02/26/88ROC-2

rape, kidnapping for ransom, or intentional homicide (art. 334.); kidnapping
(Chap. XXXIII, art. 347, para. 1 and 2); kidnapping and intentional murder or
rape of the victim (art. 348, para. 1 and 2).


Prepared by Dr. Tao-tai Hsia, Chief
and Dr. Wendy I. Zeldin, Legal Research Analyst
Far Eastern Law Division
Law Library, Library of Congress
February 1988

TTH:WZ;psc
02/26/88ROC-2

rape, kidnapping for ransom, or intentional homicide (art. 334.); kidnapping
(Chap. XXXIII, art. 347, para. 1 and 2); kidnapping and intentional murder or
rape of the victim (art. 348, para. 1 and 2).


Prepared by Dr. Tao-tai Hsia, Chief
and Dr. Wendy I. Zeldin, Legal Research Analyst
Far Eastern Law Division
Law Library, Library of Congress
February 1988

TTH:WZ;psc
02/26/88