(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 67 [Voluntary Surrender] Where an offender who has committed a crime voluntarily surrenders to the competent authority and truthfully confesses their crime, it shall constitute a voluntary surrender.
An offender who voluntarily surrenders may be punished by alleviated or mitigated penalties, or exempted from punishment if the crime is minor.
Where a suspect against whom compulsory measures have been taken, a defendant, or an offender who is serving a sentence truthfully confesses their other crimes that the judicial authorities are not informed of, it shall constitute a voluntary surrender.
Notwithstanding absence of voluntary surrender as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, a suspect may be punished by alleviated penalties if they truthfully confess their crimes, or by mitigated penalties if particularly serious consequences are avoided due to truthful confession of their crimes.
