LONGER MINIMUM JAIL TERMS FOR SERIOUS FELONIES
Criminal offenders who are convicted of serious felonies face longer minimum jail terms, according to the amendment.
Felons sentenced to life imprisonment should now serve a minimum of 13 years, not 10 years as before, while those given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve must serve at least 20 years, instead of 12 years.
LONGER JAIL TERM FOR GANG HEADS
Any one convicted of organizing and leading a mafia-style gang will be jailed for at least seven years and face confiscation of their assets, according to the amendment.
Under the old version, the maximum jail term for them was 10 years.
DEATH PENALTY FOR HUMAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING CRIMES
The amendment first stipulates crimes related to transactions of human organs.
Criminals convicted of "forced organ removal, forced organ donation or organ removal from juveniles" could face punishment for homicide.
Those convicted of organizing people to sell human organs could be imprisoned for a maximum of five years and fined, while those involved in serious cases could serve a term of more than five years.
WAGE DEFAULTERS PUNISHED
The amendment confirms intentional wage default is a crime.
Chinese employers who intentionally withhold workers' pay will face up to three years in jail and those convicted of wage defaults which have more "serious consequences" could face jail terms of three to seven years.
It also raises the minimum penalty on offenders, who add toxic and harmful substances to foods and sell such foods, to at least one year in prison.
Under the old version, the minimum penalty for such offences is one to six months in police detention. Offenders can go home one or two days a month.
