Highlights of the Eleventh Amendments of the PRC Criminal Law: Updates and Clarifications on the Penalties for Duty-related Crimes Committed by Non-state Functionaries On December 26, 2020, the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress passed the Eleventh Amendments of the PRC Criminal Law (the “Amendment”), with 13 new clauses added and modifications to 34 of the original clauses. It is worth noting that the Amendment updates the penalties for duty-related crimes committed by non-state functionaries (the “Duty Crimes of Non-state Staff”) under the PRC Criminal Law amended in 2017 (the “Criminal Law 2017”), including the crime of accepting bribes by non-state functionaries under Article 163, the crime of embezzlement under Article 271, and the crime of misappropriation of funds under Article 272. Such modifications further regulat
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