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The decision of l982 amended the above four articles with“……if the circumstances are especially serious，the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years，life imprisonment or death penalty，and may concurrently be sentenced to confiscation of property．”
Article l60 Where an assembled crowd engages in affrays，creates disturbances， humiliates women or engages in other hooligan activities that undermine public order，if the circumstances are flagrant，the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than seven years, criminal detention or public surveil1ance．
Ringleaders of hooligan groups shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years．
Amendment：Ringleader of hooligan groups，persons who engage in hooligan activities with lethal weapons hence making the circumstances serious or causing the circumstances especially serious by the hooligan activities，may be sentenced to punishment heavier than stipulated in the specific provision of the criminal law and may be sentenced up to death penalty．
Article l41 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．
Amendment：Ringleader of the criminal groups that abducts and traffics in human beings，and if the circumstances of abducting and trafficking in human beings are especially serious，the offenders may be sentenced to punishment heavier than the heaviest stipulated in the specific provision of criminal law and may be sentenced up to death penalty．
Ⅲ．The Principles Abided by in the Dept．of Criminal Justice to Identify Criminal Groups
According to The Joint Explanatory Memorandum of SPC, SPP, and MPS on Some Current Practical Problems Concerning Criminal Groups, when handling a case of criminal groups，the criminal justice departments at all levels，should abide by the principles as follows：
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