Legal basis:
According to Article 280 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) (latest edition, September 20 15), whoever forges, alters, buys or sells or steals, seizes or destroys official documents, certificates and seals of state organs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.
Extended data:
The constitution of the crime of forging certificates of state organs includes four aspects:
First, the subject of this crime is the general subject, that is, anyone who has reached the legal age of criminal responsibility and has the ability of criminal responsibility can constitute this crime;
Second, the object of this crime is the normal management activities and reputation of state organs; Official documents, seals and certificates used by state organs are important vouchers and means to manage them in certain fields and aspects of society. Any act of forging or altering state official documents, certificates and seals will affect its normal management activities and damage its reputation;
Three, this crime can only be subjective out of direct intention, indirect intention or negligence does not constitute this crime;
Fourthly, the objective aspect of this crime is that the perpetrator forges, alters, buys or sells or steals, robs or destroys official documents, certificates and seals of state organs.
The above four elements are indispensable, otherwise it does not constitute a crime.
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