Article 280 of the Criminal Law is the crime of forging, altering, buying or selling official documents, certificates and seals of state organs; Crime of stealing, robbing or destroying official documents, certificates and seals of state organs; Crime of forging seals of companies, enterprises, institutions and people's organizations; Crime of forging, altering or buying and selling identity documents Whoever forges, alters or buys and sells 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.
Whoever forges the seals of companies, enterprises, institutions or people's organizations 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.
Private seal engraving of extended materials refers to the act of private seal engraving of other enterprises by individuals or other organizations. The official seal is the symbol of the legal representative of the unit, enterprise, institution, organization and school.
In order to prevent some lawless people from illegally engraving official seals, engaging in fraud, undermining public security management activities and infringing on the legitimate interests of units, enterprises, organizations and schools, the state has incorporated the engraving industry (including engraving factories, engraving shops, engraving booths, etc.). ) into the special industry, into the public security management.
For engraving units and individual employees who violate the state management regulations, depending on the nature and severity of the problem, they shall be given administrative penalties for public security according to law, or be investigated for criminal responsibility.