（Adopted at the Second Meeting of the Standing¹ Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress and promulgated² for implementation³ by Order No.3 of the President of the People's Republic of China on September 2， 1983）（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）
时效性：失效　 颁布日期：19830902 　实施日期：19830902 　失效日期：19971001 　颁布单位：全国人大常委会

　　In order to maintain public security， ensure the safety of the lives and property of the people and safeguard the smooth progress of the socialist⁴ construction， it is imperative⁵ to subject criminals who seriously endanger public security to severe punishment. To this end it is decided⁶：

　　1. Punishment above the maximum punishment stipulated⁷ in the Criminal Law， up to and including death sentences， may be inflicted⁸ on the following criminals who seriously endanger public security：

　　（1） ring leaders of criminal hooligan groups or those who carry lethal⁹ weapons to engage in criminal hooligan activities， if the circumstances are serious， or those who engage in criminal hooligan activities leading to especially serious consequences；

　　（2） whoever intentionally¹⁰ inflicts¹¹ serious bodily injury upon another person or causes the person's death， if the circumstances are flagrant， or whoever commits violence and injures a state functionary¹² or citizen who has accused， exposed or arrested a criminal or stopped a criminal act；

　　（3） ringleaders of groups who abduct¹³ and traffic in human beings， or whoever abducts¹⁴ and traffics in human beings， when the circumstances are especially serious；

　　（4） whoever illegally manufactures， trades in， transports， steals or forcibly seizes guns， ammunition¹⁵ or explosives， when the circumstances are especially serious or when serious consequences are caused；

　　（5） whoever organizes reactionary¹⁶ secret societies or uses feudal¹⁷ superstition¹⁸ to carry on counter revolutionary activities， thereby¹⁹ seriously endangering public security； or

　　（6） whoever lures²⁰ or forces a woman into prostitution or shelters her in prostitution， when the circumstances are especially serious.

　　2. Whoever imparts criminal methods， when the circumstances are relatively²¹ minor²²， shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment²³ of not more than five years； when the circumstances are serious， the offender²⁴ shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years； and when the circumstances are especially serious， he shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death.

　　3. This Decision shall， upon its promulgation²⁵， be applicable to the adjudication of the criminal cases mentioned above.

　　Appendix： The Relevant Articles in the Criminal Law

　　Article 160 Where an assembled crowd engages in affrays， creates disturbances²⁶， humiliates²⁷ women or engages in other hooligan activities that undermine public order， if the circumstances are flagrant， the offenders²⁸ shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than seven years， criminal detention²⁹ or public surveillance.

　　Ringleaders of hooligan groups shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years.

　　Article 134 Whoever intentionally inflicts bodily injury upon another person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention.

　　Whoever， by committing the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph， causes severe injury to another person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than seven years； if he causes a person's death， he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment. Where this Law has other provisions， such provisions shall prevail.

　　Article 141 Whoever abducts and traffics in human beings shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years； if the circumstances are serious， the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years.

　　Article 112 Whoever illegally manufactures， trades in or transports guns or ammunition or steals or forcibly seizes the guns or ammunition of state organs， members of the armed forces， the police or the people's militia³⁰ shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than seven years； if the circumstances are serious， the offender shall be sentenced to fixed- term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment.

　　Article 99 Whoever organizes or uses feudal superstition， superstitious³¹ sects³² or secret societies to carry on counter revolutionary activities shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years； if the circumstances are relatively minor， the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years， criminal detention， public surveillance or deprivation³³ of political rights.

　　Article 140 Whoever forces a woman to engage in prostitution shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years.

　　Article 169 Whoever， for the purpose of profit， lures women into prostitution or shelters them in prostitution shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years， criminal detention or public surveillance； if the circumstances are serious， the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and may concurrently³⁴ be sentenced to a fine or confiscation³⁵ of property.