What types of punishments in the PRC?
Punishments are divided into principal punishments and supplementary punishments. 1) The types of principal punishments are: (1) Public surveillance; (2) Criminal detention; (3) fixed-term imprisonment; (4) life imprisonment; (5) The death penalty. 2) The types of supplementary punishments are: (1) Fines; (2) Deprivation of political rights; (3) Confiscation of property. Supplementary punishments may also be applied independently. 3) Deportation may be applied in an independent or supplementary manner to a foreigner who commits a crime.
