In the “Crimes and Punishments” chapter, a total of the crimes of secession, subversion of state power, terrorist activities, crimes of colluding with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security, and other punishments are stipulated.
One is the crime of secession. Article 20 of the law stipulates that anyone who organizes, plans, implements, or participates in the implementation of acts designed to split the country or undermine national unity, regardless of the use of force or the threat of force, is a crime. Anyone who incites, assists, abets, or subsidizes others with money or other property to commit the crimes stipulated in Article 20 of this law shall be a crime. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years; if the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or surveillance.
Second, the crime of subverting state power has a maximum sentence of life! Article 22 of the law stipulates that anyone who organizes, plans, implements, or participates in the implementation of the use of force, the threat of use of force or other illegal means to subvert state power is a crime.
Third, committing the crime of terrorist activities, the highest sentence is life! In the “crimes of terrorist activities”, the law clearly states: In order to coerce the Central People’s Government, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government or international organizations or threaten the public in order to realize political claims, organize, plan, implement, participate in the implementation, or threaten the implementation to cause or intend to cause A terrorist activity that seriously harms the society is a crime.
Fourth, colluding with foreign forces, the highest sentence is indefinite! The law also provides for the “crime of colluding with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security”. Stealing, spying, buying, or illegally providing state secrets or intelligence related to national security for foreign or overseas institutions, organizations, or personnel; requesting foreign or overseas institutions, organizations, or personnel to implement them, and conspiring with foreign or overseas institutions, organizations, or personnel to implement , Or directly or indirectly accepting instructions, control, funding or other forms of support from foreign or foreign institutions, organizations, or personnel to perform any of the following acts is a crime.
Article 42 of the law also mentions that criminal suspects and defendants shall not be granted bail unless the judge has sufficient reason to believe that they will not continue to commit acts endangering national security.