How will the act of buying and selling human body parts be handled?
(Baonghean.vn) - Mr. Nguyen Van Nam, residing in Quy Chau district, asked: How will people who commit the crime of buying, selling, and appropriating human body parts be prosecuted?
Reply
Article 154 of the 2015 Penal Code stipulates the crime of buying, selling, or appropriating human tissues or body parts as follows:
1. Anyone who buys, sells, or appropriates another person's tissues or body parts shall be sentenced to imprisonment from 03 to 07 years.
2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 07 to 15 years:
a) Organized;
b) For commercial purposes;
c) Taking advantage of position, power, or profession;
d) For 02 to 05 people;
d) Committing the crime 02 times or more;
e) Causing injury or damage to the health of another person with a bodily injury rate from 31% to 60%.
3. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 12 to 20 years or life imprisonment:
a) Professional in nature;
b) Causing injury or damage to the health of another person with a bodily injury rate of 61% or more;
c) For 06 people or more;
d) Causing death;
d) Dangerous recidivism.
4. The offender may also be fined from VND 10,000,000 to VND 100,000,000, banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 year to 05 years.
