Robbery (Article 263 of the Criminal Law) is an act of forcibly seizing public or private property on the spot by violence, coercion or other means for the purpose of illegal possession. The so-called violence means that the perpetrator strikes or forces the victim's body. The violent act of robbery refers to the act of beating or coercing the victim's body and robbing others' property for the purpose of excluding the victim's resistance. Other methods here refer to the methods that the perpetrator uses other than violence or coercion to make the victim unable to resist. Any natural person who has reached the age of 14 and has criminal responsibility can constitute the subject of robbery.

Article 263 Whoever robs public or private property by violence, coercion or other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and fined;

Article 269 Whoever commits theft, fraud or robbery and uses violence or threatens violence on the spot to conceal stolen goods, resist arrest or destroy criminal evidence shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 263 of this Law.

Whoever robs with a murder weapon shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 263 of this Law.

Article 289 Whoever gathers people to "smash, smash and rob", thus causing disability or death, shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Articles 234 and 232 of this Law. Whoever destroys or robs public or private property shall be ordered to make restitution, and the ringleaders shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 263 of this Law.

(2) aggravating circumstances: in any of the following circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10, life imprisonment or death. Impose a fine or confiscate property:

Burglary;

(2) Robbery on public transport;

(3) robbing a financial institution;

(4) Robbery for many times or the amount of robbery is huge;

(5) Robbery causes serious injury or death;

(six) posing as a policeman to rob;

(7) Armed robbery;

(eight) robbing military supplies or emergency rescue, disaster relief and relief supplies.