Interpretation Of Several Issues Concerning The Application Of The Law To Trial Forged Currencies

The reporter learned from the Supreme People's Court on 2 July about the trial. Counterfeit currency Specific application of other cases Law The interpretation of some issues (two) will come into force on the 3 day. It will re stipulate counterfeiting currency and altering monetary behavior, and stipulate that the counterfeit currency crime targeted at the currency being circulated shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of the criminal law.

　　 Supreme People's court The judicial interpretations made specific provisions on the understanding of counterfeiting currency and currency alteration, making counterfeit currency, counterfeiting foreign currency, commemorative coins, stopping the circulation of currency, and other applicable laws.

The official said that in accordance with the spirit of judicial interpretation, all current circulating Renminbi and offshore currencies belong to the object of counterfeit money crime. One of the considerations of making this amendment is that the same protection for foreign currencies is in line with the development direction of the current criminal legislation in the world, and is conducive to international cooperation in combating counterfeit currency crime. Especially in the context of the substantial step of RMB regionalization and internationalization, strong adjustment has important practical significance for the criminal protection of foreign currencies.

The judicial interpretation stipulates that counterfeit currency and currency alteration shall be stipulated in the following 170th principles: the counterfeiting of counterfeit money and the counterfeiting of real money should be identified as the counterfeit currency stipulated in the criminal law. The act of cutting, sticking, uncovering, correcting, shifting, reprinting, and changing the true form and value of real money should be regarded as the "altered currency" stipulated in the 173rd provision of the criminal law. At the same time, counterfeiting and altering means are used to make counterfeit money. In accordance with the 170th provision of the criminal law, the crime of counterfeiting currency is convicted and punished.

The judicial interpretation also stipulates that the purpose of forgery is to forgery the currency that has stopped circulation, or to use counterfeit money to stop circulation, and to be convicted and punished for fraud. The counterfeit currency crime, which is based on the ordinary commemorative coins and precious metal commemorative coins issued by the people's Bank of China, is convicted and punished according to the provisions of articles 170th to 173rd of the criminal law.

It is reported that in 2009, the national courts accepted 1194 criminal cases of counterfeit money, an increase of 9.6% compared with 2008, and 1054 cases of closure, of which 242 were sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment, and 32% more than in 2008.