1) Copy of the Citizens' Exit and Entry Control Law of the People's Republic of China which entered into force on 1 February 1986; 2) Information on whether the penalties stipulated in the above-mentioned law are the same as those specified in Article 176 of the Criminal Code of the People's Republic of China [CHN11226]

1) Attached please find a copy of the Citizens' Exit and Entry Control Law of the People's Republic of China as reproduced in a BBC press release.
2) Attached please find a copy of Article 176 of the Criminal Code of the People's Republic of China. The penalties specified by Article 176 are different from those of the Citizens' Exit and Entry Control Law of the People's Republic of China. Whereas the former stipulates that:
[a] person who, in violation of immigration control regulations, illegally crosses the national boundary shall, if the crime is of a serious nature, be sentenced to either fixed-term imprisonment for not more than one year, detention or public surveillance (1979, 70),
Article 14 of the latter stipulates that:
[t]he public security organisations may give warnings to, or detain for a period of 10 days or less, persons who have illegally left or entered the territory; who have forged or altered their passports; who have used other people's passports; or who have transferred their exit or entry certificates to others, in contravention of the stipulations of this law (BBC Summary 26 Nov. 1985, 3).
Please refer to the attachments for additional information on the above subjects.
References

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 26 November 1985. "Chinese Citizens' Entry and Exit Control Law." (NEXIS)

The Criminal Code of the People's Republic of China. 1979.

Attachments

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 26 November 1985. "Chinese Citizens' Entry and Exit Control Law," pp. 1-4. (NEXIS)

The Criminal Code of the People's Republic of China. 1979, p. 70.