What are the circumstances in which bribery is exempted from criminal punishment?

The principle of not pursuing criminal responsibility under legal circumstances established by China's criminal procedure law. The implementation of this principle can prevent and correct the wrong investigation of people who should not be investigated for criminal responsibility in time, save judicial resources and avoid ineffective labor.

In any of the following circumstances, criminal responsibility shall not be investigated, and if it has been investigated, the case shall be dismissed, or prosecution shall not be initiated, or innocence shall be declared:

(a) if the circumstances are obviously minor and the harm is not great, it is not considered a crime;

(two) the crime has passed the limitation period;

(3) Being exempted from punishment by an amnesty order;

(4) Failing to tell or withdrawing a crime that should be dealt with only after being told according to the Criminal Law;

(5) The defendant died;

(six) other laws and decrees shall be exempted from criminal responsibility.

1, article 67 of the criminal law: "? Criminals who surrender themselves may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. Among them, if the crime is minor, it can be exempted from punishment. "

2. the Supreme People's Court? 、? Notice of the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Printing and Distributing Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Bribery: "XII. Regarding the correct implementation of the criminal policy of tempering justice with mercy: while severely punishing the crime of accepting bribes, those who surrender and render meritorious service should be given a lighter, mitigated or exempted punishment according to law. "

It is inevitable that in addition to criminal punishment, you can fight for probation. Probation is not applicable to state functionaries who commit corruption, accept bribes or misappropriate public funds under any of the following circumstances: (1) Criminal acts have caused great losses to the interests of the state, the collective and the people;

(2) Failing to return stolen goods or repent;

(three) criminal motives, means and other circumstances are bad, or the money is used for illegal activities;

(four) the principal of a major crime or a combination of several crimes;

(5) Having been subjected to administrative punishment or criminal punishment for economic crimes;

(six) the property involved in the crime belongs to the national disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood control, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration and relief funds, and the circumstances are serious.

Better not do it.