Article 2—The punishment prescribed for any of the offences under Article 1 may be reduced by two degrees subject to any of the following onditione:—(I) Releasing the person kidnapped after having committed an offence under] tection (1) of the last preceeding article without getting any ransom or injuring any person: (IN) Doing any act in the commission of an offence under any, section of the last preceding article but the consummation of such offence 1s prevented by unexpected circumstances:
(Il) When the circumstances of the commission justify such reduction.
Article 3—The Court, which has found that the facts have been proved and sentenced the accused! to death in accordance with' these regulations, shall submit a complete record of the case to the Chief Justice of the High Court to be transmitted within ten days to the Provisional Government for approval. The sentence shall not be executed unless confirmed by the said govern-
Article 1.—Whoever commits any of the following offence be punished with death:
Kidnapping any person for] ransom: (2) Depositing any explosives or despatching' threatening let ters with intent to extort, money and causing thereby injury to any person: (8) Manufacturing, keeping or! possessing any explosive with, intent to disturb public peace. and order (4) Several persons gathering together and seizing by force any arms, ammunition, vessels, provisions, or other' articles required for military pur-pases belonging to any public office, or openly occupying, "any place used for military ment, The complete records of similar cases tried by the Nanking District Court of Justice shall be submitted by that court direct t9 the Ministry of Justice for apby that Ministry; whilst, those of the cases tried by the Shanghai Provisional Court shall be submitted to the Kiangsu Provincial Government for execution of the death.
If the Chief "Justice of the High Court finds any doubtful point in any case tried! by she lower Court he may submit a written opinion thereof when he transmits the said case.
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