（Adopted at the 20th Meeting of the Standing¹ Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on June 29，1991， promulgated² by Order No. 48 of the President of the People's Republic of China on June 29， 1991， and effective as of June 29， 1991）（Editor's Note： This Decision has been invalidated by the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China revised at the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on March 14， 1997， and effective on October 1， 1997）
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　　The 20th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress decides to make the following provisions supplementary³ to the Criminal Law：

　　Whoever excavates⁴ and robs a site of ancient culture or ancient tomb of historical， artistic⁵ or scientific value shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment⁶ of not less than three years but not more than ten years， and may concurrently⁷ be punished with a fine； if the circumstances are relatively⁸ minor⁹， the offender¹⁰ shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention¹¹， and may concurrently be punished with a fine： and， under any of the following circumstances， the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years， or life imprisonment or death， and shall concurrently be punished with a fine or confiscation¹² of property：

　　（1） Excavating¹³ and robbing a site of ancient culture or ancient tomb which is designated as major sites to be protected for their historical and cultural value at the national level or at the provincial¹⁴ level；

　　（2） Being the ringleader of a gang engaged in excavating and robbing sites of ancient culture or ancient tombs；

　　（3） Excavating and robbing sites of ancient culture or ancient tombs for many times；

　　（4） Excavating a site of ancient culture or ancient tomb， and robbing valuable cultural relics¹⁵ therein， or causing serious damage to valuable cultural relics therein. All cultural relics seized from excavating and robbing sites of ancient culture or ancient tombs shall be recovered.