Laws of the People's Republic of China

    The 20th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National
People's Congress decides to make the following provisions supplementary to
the Criminal Law:

    Whoever excavates and robs a site of ancient culture or ancient tomb of
historical, artistic or scientific value shall be sentenced to fixed-term
imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and may
concurrently be punished with a fine; if the circumstances are relatively
minor, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more
than three years or criminal detention, 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
confiscation of property:

    (1) Excavating 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 provincial 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 relics 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.