In China, if a person commits a crime, he may be sentenced to the following penalties:
(1) public surveillance;
(2) criminal detention;
(3) fixed-term imprisonment;
(4) life imprisonment;
(5) the death penalty;
(6) fine;
(7) deprivation of political rights; and
(8) confiscation of property.
(1)~(5) are the principal penalties, and (6)~(8) are the supplementary penalties.
The supplementary penalties may be imposed independently.
Deportation may be imposed independently or supplementarily on a foreigner who commits a crime.
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