What if I receive a bribe?

The proceeds of bribery shall be returned to the parties concerned or notified to the public security organs in time. State functionaries who refuse to return bribes, which constitutes a crime of accepting bribes, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. Whoever commits the crime of accepting bribes shall be punished according to the amount and circumstances of accepting bribes and the provisions of Article 383rd of the Criminal Law. Whoever asks for a bribe will be punished more severely. Article 383 of the Criminal Law Whoever commits the crime of corruption shall be punished according to the following provisions according to the seriousness of the case: (1) If the amount of corruption is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also be fined. (2) If the amount of corruption is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined or confiscated. (3) If the amount of corruption is especially huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated; If the amount is especially huge and the interests of the state and the people suffer particularly heavy losses, they shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death, and their property shall be confiscated. If repeated corruption is not handled, it shall be punished according to the accumulated amount of corruption. Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the first paragraph, truthfully confesses his crime before initiating public prosecution, sincerely repents, and actively returns stolen goods to avoid or reduce the occurrence of damage. Under the circumstances specified in the first paragraph, the punishment may be lightened, mitigated or exempted; In the case of the second and third provisions, a lighter punishment may be given. If a person commits the crime mentioned in the first paragraph and is sentenced to a suspended sentence under the circumstances specified in the third paragraph, the people's court may, according to the circumstances of the crime, at the same time decide to reduce his death sentence to life imprisonment after the expiration of the two-year suspension of execution, without commutation or parole.