causes serious bodily injury shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 10 years; if he causes a person's death, he shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 7 years." 40. Article 144 of the Criminal Law states that: "Whoever unlawfully subjects another person to public surveillance, unlawfully subjects another person to a body search or a search of his residence or unlawfully intrudes into another person's residence shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention." CAT/C/7/Add.5 Page 9 41. Article 145 of the Criminal Law states that: "Whoever, by violence or other methods, including the we of 'big character posters' and 'small character posters', publicly insults another person or fabricates facts to defame him, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or deprivation of political rights." 42. Article 189 of the Criminal Law states that: "Any judicial functionary who violates the laws and regulations on prison management and subject8 prisoners or internees to corporal punishment, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years or criminal detention; if the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 10 years." 43. In 1987, the 21st Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China decided that the People's Republic of China shall, within the scope of obligation it has assumed in the international treaties it has concluded or acceded to, exercise criminal jurisdiction over offences set forth in such treaties. In accordance with 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing criminal law and punishment in the People's Republic of China. The language used is formal and legislative, outlining specific laws and regulations regarding criminal offenses and their corresponding penalties. This suggests that the text is related to the administration of justice and the protection of individual rights.

**Category**
Law, Human Rights