(Selected from the translated work titled The Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, authored by Robert Zhang and Steve Li, criminal defense lawyers registered in Shanghai, China.)
Article 57 [Deprivation of Political Rights of Offender Sentenced to Death or Life Imprisonment] An offender sentenced to death or life imprisonment shall be deprived of their political rights for life.
When death penalty with a reprieve is commuted to fixed-term imprisonment, or life imprisonment is commuted to fixed-term imprisonment, the term of deprivation of political rights as an accessory penalty shall be changed to a term of no less than three years and no more than ten years.
